Puglia

I've been in Italy many times already in the past, in the big cities of the North and Center of the country, but for the first time at the end of September of this year, I had the opportunity to visit Puglia, the heel of the Italian boot.

The city of Giudignano, along with the associations of the place and in collaboration with the promoters of tourism activities like the regional agency Puglia Promozione, invited us for a week of meetings and visits to the countryside of the village and to the old farms, that are still producers of valuable oils and wines, like to the old “Protopapa prodotti tipici” masserie, or to the ancient but still running oil mill “D'Aurelio Lanzilao”.

The days of this project were interspersed with pleasant tastings of typical products, such as the one at the "American Bar Brise" to taste the famous apulian cream dessert cream called "pasticciotto", and interesting forays into local culture and traditions, as on the occasion of the debate with the Association Metamorphosis, about the tradition of the "pizzica", a local popoular dance that in recent years had an extraordinary success.

Then we spent a very pleasent day at “The Constantine Foundation” founded in 1982: a center of agricultural activity, craft and education, an oasis of peace surrounded by olive trees, 3 km from the beautiful Otranto, which brings together in one reality weaving, biodynamic agriculture, hospitality and education for the disabled.

In this beautiful land, the young entrapreuners and the new andiministrators are working to develope a new type of tourism that could work all over the year and non only through the summer time, when there is yet a valuable tourist's traffic.

Bahamas

The Bahamas officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a country consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses 470,000 km² of ocean space. Originally inhabited by the Lucayan, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera.

Bahamas

The Bahamas officially the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, is a country consisting of more than 700 islands, cays, and islets in the Atlantic Ocean. Its capital is Nassau on the island of New Providence. As stated in the mandate/manifesto of the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, the Bahamas territory encompasses 470,000 km² of ocean space. Originally inhabited by the Lucayan, a branch of the Arawakan-speaking Taino people, the Bahamas were the site of Columbus' first landfall in the New World in 1492. The islands were mostly deserted from 1513 until 1648, when English colonists from Bermuda settled on the island of Eleuthera.

Buckingham Palace, Westminster, London

Buckingham Palace is the official London residence and principal workplace of the British monarch. Located in the City of Westminster, the palace is a setting for state occasions and royal hospitality. It has been a focus for the British people at times of national rejoicing.

Originally known as Buckingham House, the building which forms the core of today's palace was a large townhouse built for the Duke of Buckingham in 1705 on a site which had been in private ownership for at least 150 years. It was subsequently acquired by George III in 176 as a private residence for Queen Charlotte, and known as "The Queen's House".

Big Ben, London

Big Ben is the nickname for the great bell of the clock at the north end of the Palace of Westminster in London and often extended to refer to the clock and the clock tower. The tower is now officially called the Elizabeth Tower, after being renamed to celebrate the Diamond Jubilee of Elizabeth II. The tower holds the largest four-faced chiming clock in the world and is the third-tallest free-standing clock tower. The tower was completed in 1858 and had its 150th anniversary on 31 May 2009. The tower has become one of the most prominent symbols of the United Kingdom and is often in the establishing shot of films set in London.

Mexico

Paya del Carmen

 

Playa del Carmen is located within the Riviera Maya, which runs from south of Cancún to Tulum and the Sian Ka'an biosphere reserve. Originally a small fishing town, tourism to Playa del Carmen began with the passenger ferry service to Cozumel, an island across the Cozumel Channel and world famous scuba diving destination.