Italy 2022

A summer journey by rolling box, across France and through the long roads of Emilia-Romagna and the Marche.

• Despatch № 3 · filed by Salvo

  Of a Sliding Box, and of a Country Found Shut

  Domenica, 10 luglio. The day of the crossing.

  The Master rose at an hour I shall not commit to writing, dressed in the manner of a man who does not expect to encounter other humans, and took me on the walk the woman with the broken leg had recommended. It was a creditable walk. It bega…

  • food
  • travel
  • drive
  • wine
  • hotel
  • france

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• Despatch № 1 · filed by Salvo

  A Day Beginning in Modena and Ending Considerably Further South

  Mercoledì, 13 luglio. Sole. Off we went.

  We left the city of pale buildings late, which is to say at a perfectly reasonable hour for a country in which the afternoon does the work of the morning. The Master had walked me at a time only milkmen and Master ought to know about, and h…

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  • travel
  • drive
  • wine
  • sea
  • encounters
  • italy

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