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Matías the Dog collection. A set of 9 photos to s

Matías the Dog collection. A set of 9 photos to swipe through.

🐕 'Hello, I'm Matías from Spain. I live on the road in a camper with my human Sergio. He driver.'

📷 'What breed are you?'

🐕 'Podenco ibicenco or Ibizan Hound. Me very cute.'

📷 'Where were these photos taken?'

🐕 'I met Kasper in Sicily, when we lived on the slopes of Etna. I let him photo time to time. He good human.'

📷 'Where are you now?'

🐕 'In Austria, the Alps, follow my adventures @srcostilla'
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#happydog #traveldog #podencolove

'Where do you live?' 'Here.' I answered without he

'Where do you live?' 'Here.' I answered without hesitation. I don't even remember where I heard the question. It could have been anywhere. My backpack is my turtle shell🐢. My tent is my shelter⛺. My doors and my heart are opened and so are the doors and the hearts of the people I encounter wherever I go💚. I find neither shame nor pride in my lifestyle. I just live it. We share the same sun🌎.

Friends. Forgive me my long absence. I've been busy, the world's been sad, my phone is broken (a device kinda important for instagrammin'). But adventure continues and I've amassed so much to share!

I've been in Italy for 6 months. I often move slowly, town by town. Sometimes it's a sojourn of weeks or months. More than 60 different locations, all interesting, all worth sharing. I do what I always do and what is written in my description: food + culture + exploration. I've eaten hundreds, no! thousands of local dishes and snacks. I've met a legion of smiling, beautiful souls. I've seen beauty and learned a lot. It's all on my photographs, meant to be shared. 🍀

Let me know how much you missed me in the comments below. 😂
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#wanderings #italytravel #slowtravel #stayandwander

Palm Sunday is celebrated with a special processio

Palm Sunday is celebrated with a special procession in the charming little mountain town of Caccamo, Sicily. The event is known as "U Signuruzzu a cavaddu".

The sixth photo in the set is PANACENA, a local sweet bread with a cross-like cut. It's a typical Easter product of local bakeries.
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#palmsunday #palmsunday🌿 #siciliabella #eastertraditions #pasquale #usignuruzzuacavaddu #usignuruzzu #procession #stayandwander #caccamo #sicilypictures #italiabella #donkeygram #donkeylove #baroquechurch #cathedral #easter2022 #eaaster #happeningtoday #myshot #ilovesicily

#destinationearth #etna🌋

#destinationearth #etna🌋

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Mushrooms drying on the backdrop of Golden Polish

Mushrooms drying on the backdrop of Golden Polish Autumn.
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Cut into pieces, string on a thread, leave to dry. You can do it yourself, but why not with grandma? Grannies know best.

After the outdoor photo session (see my previous posts) let’s proceed to the indoor one. Some shrooms go straight to the pot while still fresh. With some butter, chopped onions and a bit of cream added, we ate them that very evening (3rd photo). Yummy.

The rest of bay boletes were strung on threads and left to dry. The grandma’s way! Behind the window is the Golden Polish Autumn (Złota Polska Jesień) – which is how the Poles describe the beauty of the fall season, a term somewhat akin to “Indian summer” in English.

I returned some days later to photograph the already dried boletes. The ‘necklaces’ were hanging on the old school ribbed heaters (photo no 7).
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#gameofcolors #mushroomnecklace #autumnseason #zlotapolskajesien #goldenpolishautumn #polandgrams #gastroobscura #foraged #podgrzybek #podgrzybki #wildfoodlove #grzybyleśne #setas #hongos #pilze #fallcolors #autumncolors #suszonegrzyby #agameoftones #autumn #fallseason🍁

Two features essential to the architecture of the

Two features essential to the architecture of the Dong people of southern China: drum towers and covered bridges.

There are as many as five drum towers in Zhaoxing plus many others in each village of the surrounding area. Life of these settlements centers around them.

In Zhaoxing towers are often accompanied by a covered bridge. The most famous and impressive “wind and rain bridges" 风雨桥, as they are called, are scattered further south, in the Guangxi province's municipalities of Liuzhou and Guilin. Yet, they are found also on this side of the provincial border.

One of the bridges you see here was photographed in the village of Tang'an 堂安, several kilometers to the east from Zhaoxing. The last drum tower photo in this set was also taken there.
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Check my previous post or hit the link in bio for more photos from the region.

#divine_villages #travelbug #鼓楼 #drumtower #风雨桥 #風雨橋 #中国旅行 #美丽中国 #culturetrip #worldplaces #architecturelover #eastasia #visitchina #貴州省 #黎平县 #bridge #oldbuilding #ruralphotography #oldvillage #architecture #architecturephotography #turismorural #wildchina #chinadestinations

Guizhou abounds in terraced fields, including famo

Guizhou abounds in terraced fields, including famous ones that frequent tourist guidebooks. Among them are the Gāoyào Terraces 高要梯田 in Dānzhài County 丹寨.
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#offthebeatenpath #landscapephotography

A walk in Treviso. . . . 1. Piazza dei Signori –

A walk in Treviso.
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1. Piazza dei Signori – the main square.
2. Porta Santi Quaranta – old city’s western gate.
3. 12th-century frescoes in the church of San Vito.
4. Calmaggiore, one of the main streets of the old town.
6 & 7. The Duomo, or the cathedral church of Treviso.
8-10. Dai Naneti. This cult bar offers wine and cicchetti – small snacks, something like tapas but in Veneto (and around), instead of Spain. Sitting alone over a platter and a glass of red looks more like a formal degustation than a social situation such a spot is designed to hold, but it was packed with cheerful crowd and I didn’t feel out of place. Among the cold cuts and cheeses was soppressa, a typical local salame. Of fatty look but actually quite lean, it is made with ground pork and cured for several months with simple seasonings and sometimes a bit of Prosecco wine too.
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Read more on my blog (link in bio).
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#passegiata #worldplaces #letsgetlost #italia #treviso #visitveneto #traviajando #autunno #ig_italy #ig_treviso #bellitalia #architecture #piazzadeisignori #piazzadeisignoritreviso #trevisocentro #trevisotoday #weekendgetaway #welivetotravel #letsgoeverywhere #piazza #travelmore #italianlifestyle #trevisocentrostorico #여행에미치다 #citywalk

Part 3/3 Happy Miao New Year! This November 12 in

Part 3/3
Happy Miao New Year! This November 12 in Gregorian calendar marks the beginning of the new year in the Miao (Hmong) calendar.

This is my third post on Biasha, the village of a gun-toting Miao tribe. Check the previous ones if you are new here. Enjoy!

#travelportraits #peoplearoundtheworld #hmongnewyear #miaonewyear #岜沙苗寨

Sui (or Shui) population reaches just half a milli

Sui (or Shui) population reaches just half a million. Not numerous, yet, they have their own language and traditions: myths and beliefs, fesivals and a calendar. They even have their own script!

Shuǐshū 水书 (水書), as it is known, is made of logograms. Next to characters borrowed (often mirrored or twisted) from the Chinese writing system, it includes some original symbols and simple pictographs – for example drawings of animals. Only shamans are familiar with the script and common people never use it.

Full article on my website - check the link in my bio.
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#水书 #水書 #calligraphy #tradition #asianwanderlust #worldculture #trivia #travelawesome #chinagram #travelinspiration #vamosviajar #knowledge #scripture #interesting #факт #ınstagood #ınstagood #suiscript #shuiscript

Part 2/2. Wax offerings to Saint Agatha. The city

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Wax offerings to Saint Agatha. The city of Catania during its biggest festival. It takes place each year in the first days of February, culminating on February 3-5.

Tortured by Roman soldiers in the year 251 CE, Agatha refused to renounce Christianity even when her breasts were being cut off. Today breasts are her symbol and even pastries take their shape - look at the photo number 6 to see the delicious cassatella.

Read more about the saint and the dessert in my previous posts.
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#santagatacatania #tuttidevotitutti #vivasantagata #santagata #festivity #capturestreets #friendsinstreets #sweet_street_beat #streethunters #dreaminstreets #life_is_street #streets_oftheworld #ig_street #people_vs_camera #devotion #streetshared #devotee #religion #christianity #sicily #sicilia #italy #italytravel

Tianlong is a town inhabited by Tubao people - dir

Tianlong is a town inhabited by Tubao people - direct descendants of Ming Dynasty-era soldier families. Ancient folklore still thrives here. Read my previous post to learn more.
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photos 1, 8 and 9 --- As its name suggest, Sānjiào Temple 三教寺 combines worship of Buddha, Tao and Confucius.

photo 6 and video 7 --- Di Opera 地戏, unique to Anshun area, is a “living fossil” of Chinese performance arts.
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#ancientcultures #ethnicgroup #安顺 #tunbao #屯堡文化 #chineseculture #yourshotphotographer #folkart #folkscenery #viajandoporelmundo #chinesetemple #temple #chinatemple #travelgram #livefolk #confucianism #廟 #taoismo #寺廟 #寺庙 #ancientchina

Mount Etna erupting. Just a few days ago, on the 1

Mount Etna erupting. Just a few days ago, on the 10th/11th of February.
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I already shared this photo in stories, but I thought that it deserves a place on the grid. Especially that I recently posted about Catania's Saint Agatha Festival. This religious celebration falls on February 3-5 and is when the townsmen pray to their patroness to prevent fires and volcanic eruptions, among other things.
#🌋 #powerofnature #worldplaces

The mushrooms, strung into ‘necklaces’, were h

The mushrooms, strung into ‘necklaces’, were hanging on heaters when I came back to photograph them dried. You see, in Poland many apartments still have old school ribbed radiators. Looks funky, don’t you think? But wait! Meow! Orkan the Cat has definitely stolen the show.
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(See my previous mushroom-themed posts, 4 in total, to see the bay boletes being picked in the forest and prepared at home).
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#happycatclub #gameofshrooms #cats_of_instagram

Cauliflower fungus! (Sparassis crispa). Found and

Cauliflower fungus! (Sparassis crispa). Found and photographed in Poland. Does it also grow in your country?

The cauliflower fungus has many names in Polish, including kozia broda (literally ‘goat beard’), szmaciak (‘rag’ or ‘raggy’ mushroom) or siedzuń (probably from ‘siedzieć’ – ‘to sit’). All these monikers embody its looks: it’s like a cauliflower or a ragged cloth ‘sitting’ in the forest litter. I would also add a comparison to lettuce or sponge.

In Poland, it is dried, fried while fresh or pickled. The young fungus is appreciated for its nutty zing. When old, it gets tough and loses flavor. It can grow to really considerable sizes: up to 1m in diameter and above 10 kg! We found just small-to-medium ones – swipe to see photos from both forest and kitchen.

The species was considered endangered until 2014 but can bee freely picked now. Unlike in some other countries where it is still under protection – so if you want to try it, consider doing it in Poland.
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#cauliflowerfungus #sparassiscrispa #sparassis #gameofshrooms #mycology #forestfinds #koziabroda #szmaciak #siedzuńsosnowy #mushroomporn #gourmetmushrooms #mushroomidentification #weird #gastroobscura #oddities #szamotuły #mushroomhunter #grzybobranie #mushroompicking #forager #wildfoodlove #champignon #pilz #sēnes #fungifacts

Bird polenta without bird and polenta? Polenta e

Bird polenta without bird and polenta?

Polenta e osei is a dish from Northern Italy: stewed bird (for example quail) served alongside firm polenta (cornmeal porridge).

Polenta e osei is also a dessert from Bergamo. Sponge cake, stuffed with nutty cream dashed with rum, is covered in yellow marzipan and sprinkled with sugar, all topped with a small chocolate "bird".

Its color resembles that of polenta and the bird is meatless... What was a playful refashioning of the traditional savory dish became a classic in its own right. In different sizes, from cute small balls like the one on my photo to huge birthday cake-size extravaganza, it is found all over the city.

Next time you are in Bergamo and someone offers you polenta e osei, be sure to ask: "dolce o salata?" (sweet or salty?).

📷 Sweet polentina shot against the backdrop of the most representative monuments of the city - Cathedral, Basilica di santa Maria Maggiore and Cappella Colleoni.
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#sweettooth #gastroobscura #eatsplorer #polenta

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