In Apulia you can still breathe the air of autumn. The fireplaces with their smoking chimneys, the olive harvest and the smell of the olive mills and then the fragrances of mushroom, chestnut, persimmon, strawberry, fennel and pumpkins, to name some of the products we offer this season. A period in which the dominant colors are orange, yellow, red and brown, when the days get shorter and the afternoon nap becomes more a need than a whim: you can feel the effect of the lethargy people!

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If I say Spain, what do you think of?

I think of colors, I think about lunches eaten at 4pm and midnight dinners, I think tapas and rivers of beer too!

My only Iberian experience before today was limited to the polyhedral Catalan capital Barcelona and the crystalline island of Palma de Mallorca. While Barca on many occasions has seen me wandering (and getting lost) in its colorful alleys, traveling its infinite sea front, and wishing I had Mary Poppins’ suitcase every time I delved into the variety of colors, products, and smells that I found in the Boqueria market, Mallorca is a distant memory, a legacy from childhood. (more…)