A farewell!

Glad to be back at home but already missing the people we have left!

A mixture of feelings was strengthened yesterday when we all gathered together at the dinner.  All of you are those who were present and those who unfortunately couldn’t be with us but who had accompanied us during our 4-weeks stay in Lecce.

For us the experience was “unimaginable”,” unforgettable”, “magnificent”,” spectacular”. And without the people we met it would never be the same – our friends from Formicaio, Ciclofficina, the Italian folks who visited Portugal and the rest of the people we met along the way.

And a special word for Sara and Nunzia who got to know us better and “bored” us in the most complicated moments. They have kindly gifted us with a memoir of some phrases, dedicated to each one of us:

Manuel: "La storia insegna, ma non hà scolari" Gramsci

Lurdes: "Prendete in mano la vostra vita e fatene un capolavoro" Wojtyla

António: "Anche il viaggio più lungo inizia con il primo passo" Prov. chinês

Isabel: "Un giorno senza un sorriso è un giorno perso" Chaplin

We appreciate your sympathy, generosity and good nature... these are the things that can never be forgotten!

Stroll through the Porto Selvaggio National Park

An encounter with history, nature and (Mediterranean) Sea created the perfect blend for today’s stroll through the Porto Selvaggio  National Park, situated a few kilometers outside of Lecce.

Before the journey to this secular mosaic of rocks, mountains and vegetation – with the ocean always complementing the landscape – participants had visited the historic centre of Gelatina, and then continued in a direction of Porto Selvaggio in Nardò district with its abundant species of flora and fauna, various caves of the Paleolithic period (for example, Grotta del Cavallo), archeological vestiges of priceless patrimonial value and the Torre Santa Maria dell’ Alto with the view of Mediterranean Sea and it’s blue, crystal-clear waters.

That was a real “giornata particulare”, unique for the senses.