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Journal Comments (page 17)

From In the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies by Scott Anderson & Rachael Anderson

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Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Bill Shaneyfelt on a photo in Matera

Thanks! These all must be one big family that covers Italy and the Balkans. I wonder how far back it goes, and when they diverged.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Bruce Lellman on a photo in Matera

Aren’t they the most beautiful birds though? I don’t know that I’ve ever seen one before, but I know what to watch for now. I was so startled by its color when it flashed by.

5 years ago
Bruce Lellman commented on a photo in Matera

I love bee eaters, (not that they eat bees), because of their colorful plumage. We watched them for hours in Laos flying in and out of their nest holes in the banks of a river. There must be many models throughout the world.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Anne Mathers on In Matera: a photo gallery

Seductive is right. It’s a bit humbling, really. It makes me feel a bit provincial to keep coming across these utterly unique and fascinating places I knew nothing about.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Anne Mathers on a photo in Matera

We were pretty excited about this, alright. Rachael also saw a small group run across the road in front of her some days ago, and I was quite envious. Nice of this crowd to hang around for a portrait.

I don’t know about Sardinia, but years ago we were biking in the Corsican interior and we saw semi-wild pigs (not boars though) running though the streets in a mountain village. They ran into the door of the best hotel in town, and were shooed out a few minutes later by a woman wielding a broom.

5 years ago
Anne Mathers commented on In Matera: a photo gallery

That is incredible, Scott...and is certainly enough to make me to sign up. Cycle touring is seductive, isn't it? You have gut it out sometimes but the rewards always seem to show up.

5 years ago
Anne Mathers commented on a photo in Matera

Wot?! Wild boars, oh my. We’ve been warned to be on the lookout for them here in Sardinia. They look so cute and friendly, but something tells me not to test that theory.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Keith Classen on Bernalda

Not so bad, really. If this was our worst day, we have nothing o complain about. I just like to whine and troll for sympathy.

5 years ago
Keith Classen commented on Bernalda

Sounds like a day you will remember but would like to forget. At least you were dry! Better days ahead!

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Matera

European bee eater.

https://www.hbw.com/ibc/species/european-bee-eater-merops-apiaster

5 years ago
Bill Shaneyfelt commented on a photo in Matera

Italian wall lizard.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_wall_lizard

Caught (and released) a few when we were in Rome a number of years ago for our daughter's college graduation.

They are also established in the Cincinnati, OH area. I have observed them near the Lunken airport down there.

5 years ago
Bruce Lellman commented on a photo in In Rocca Imperiale: day hike

We all have our incentives to learn foreign languages.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in In Rocca Imperiale: day hike

Oh, good. I thought you’d forgotten who I am already.

5 years ago
Andrea Brown replied to a comment by Scott Anderson on a photo in In Rocca Imperiale: day hike

Bill is citing “davesgarden.com”.

5 years ago
Scott Anderson replied to a comment by Andrea Brown on a photo in In Rocca Imperiale: day hike

Dave?

5 years ago