We spent most of our merry month of May circling the Adriatic, then cruising around Italy to spend a few days in Tuscany, one of our favorite places in the world. The coast is a spectacular panorama of rocks and forest with the occasional beach and some of the best food in the world. So maybe we should say we ate and drank our way around the Adriatic, because the fish and wines are exceptional.
The history. . . dates back to the beginning of humankind and involves way too much war because a gateway to the sea is invaluable. We climbed medieval walls that once successfully blocked pirates and invading armies, visited rock farm houses that haven’t changed in centuries, and admired churches old enough to have housed the apostles. The Romans had nothing on these people!
Why is it that other countries can preserve centuries of history and in the States, we can’t seem to hold onto our structures for even a hundred years? Apparently we have so much land and resources that we’ve been a throw-away culture since inception.
Reminder: the last book of the Gravesyde Village Mysteries, The Killer’s Dastardly Intrigue, will release next month and is on preorder now!