Ciao, Hive family!
Yesterday was Sunday and air was finally smelling of spring, so I decided to take the car and drive along the South-West coast. I reached a little seatown named Portoscuso, parked my car in the marina and explored the place by walking.
This town was born during the Spanish presence in Sardinia, as a small village of fishermen. Not for nothing, its modern name derives from the old Catalan name, Puerto Escús, which in English could sound like hidden port.
The modern tourist port.
The most iconic place of this town is deeply linked to its own origins: in Italian it's named tonnara, the place where tunas, arrived in shallow waters to lay eggs, were slained. This particular fishing technique was invented in ancient times by Phoenicians, which later spread it all over the Mediterranean with their travels.
This particular tonnara was built at the behest of the King of Spain Philip II around 1590. It remained in operation for almost 400 years, closing in 1972.
This is also the place where a long trail on the sea begins, which leads from the ancient hamlet to a beach which is very popular in summer.
Let’s walk together!
Lines of a poem written by Charles Baudelaire and included in the volume "Les Fleurs du Mal", 1857.
"Free man, you will always cherish the sea!"
Time for us to separate, but I hope you enjoyed the walk!
As always, thank you so much for your attention and your precious time.
See you soon on the road!
Alessandro
Hello, namesake.
It sounds very funny to me.
Why? I'll explain now.
On March 1, a friend told me - the smell of spring. I replied to her - the manure is starting to burn.
In fact, frosts of up to -18 degrees at night and about -8 degrees in the afternoon are forecast in my region next week.
It's still early for the smell of spring. But yesterday it was +1 degrees. This temperature is the first time since the end of October.
To understand what spring is, and what smells it has, you need to go through the winter months, starting from November to April. And then in the countryside, you can catch these unusual smells of spring.
But I agree that the seaside smells are great too!
This is a very interesting thought, and it expressed very well the huge geographic difference between our countries. I have a friend in Kemerovo and she often shows me videos, and we make jokes about this topic.
I lived some years in the north of Italy and we tried the "Siberian storm" in 2018: snow everywhere, very low temperatures like -18°C, etc. It was more difficult but, as you said, it was the most intense winter in my life and it made the "awakening" more intense too. I particularly enjoyed that spring.
About Sardinia, the winter is not particularly cold, but the strong and cold wind from the north penetrates the bones and its action seems to erase every smell from the nature.
When you can smell in the air the scent of myrtle, juniper, basil and wild rosemary, moss... well, this is what spring means for us. The sun makes all the rest :)
Very nice to meet you, Aleksandr!
A walk in these places heals the spirit, I love the sea and what you have shown us here is beautiful
Yes, definitely, plus I was alone. Sometimes silence is necessary :)
I did enjoy the walk through your photos. That beach looks amazing!
I'm glad you enjoyed :)
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