MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 15)

  NAPLES, ITALY

Seafood isn’t the only game in town.

Fresh fruits and vegetables, meats and cheeses, breads and desserts, and grocery items round out the market’s offerings.

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 14)

  NAPLES, ITALY

Best bets are anything veraci, live, like vongole veraci or capoitni veraci. 

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 13)

 NAPLES, ITALY

Seafood means: clams, mussels and oysters; shrimp, squid and octopus; sea bass and sword fish; anchovies and sardines; the all-important bacala – salted cod and

captioni – eel for the traditional Neapolitan Christmas Eve dinner, and everything in between, plucked fresh out of the sea.

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 12)

  NAPLES, ITALY

Rarely frequented by tourists, Porta Nolana Market is where locals go in search of ingredients for their daily meals that are so rich in seafood.

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 11)

     NAPLES, ITALY

If you don’t mind crowds, chaos and confusion, this market is not to be missed.

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 10)

     NAPLES, ITALY

I’m pretty certain this beautiful cat didn’t drive the motorcycle to the market.

But who knows?

Naples is a unique place with more than its share of ghosts and mysteries.

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 9)

 NAPLES, ITALY

The daily market takes place just a few blocks north of the port in the area around Piazza Nolana, under the watchful eye of the two towers that once stood guard over the ancient port.

--Napoli Unplugged

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 8)

    NAPLES, ITALY

The market is convenient for Rome day trippers arriving at Stazione Napoli Centrale.

It's an easy stroll through Piazza Garabaldi to the streets where it starts; Via Santa Maria delle Grazie a Loreto and Via Padre Ludovico da Casoria

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 7)

    NAPLES, ITALY

For block after block, you see artfully displayed food.

And you hear vendors in rubber boots calling out jokes to each other while selling their wares to passersby. 

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 6)

  NAPLES, ITALY

Porta Nolana market is outside, on the street, running among crumbling buildings.

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 5)

   NAPLES, ITALY

Dive in for anything from luscious tomatoes and mozzarella to golden-fried street snacks, cheap luggage and bootleg CDs.

-Lonely Planet

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 4)

 NAPLES, ITALY

Let’s start the week off with a beautiful cat picture.

This sweetheart looks well-fed and much-loved.

The feline friend lives on the street, tempted by the seafood and other delights at the market.

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 3)

  NAPLES, ITALY

The market's namesake is medieval city gate Porta Nolana, which stands at the head of Via Sopramuro.

Its two cylindrical towers, optimistically named Faith and Hope, support an arch decorated with a bas-relief of Ferdinand I of Aragon on horseback.

--Lonely Planet

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 2)

  NAPLES, ITALY

Naples at its most vociferous and intense, the Mercato di Porta Nolana.

It is a heady, gritty street market where bellowing fishmongers and greengrocers collide with fragrant delis and bakeries, contraband cigarette vendors and Bangladeshi takeaways and grocery stores. 

--Lonely Planet

MERCATO DI PORTA NOLANA (Part 1)

 NAPLES, ITALY

Diverse locals meet daily, from morning to mid-afternoon, to stock up on fresh meat and produce at Mercato di Porta Nolana, near the port and within walking distance of the main train station.

FLASH TEKNI SERVIS

BURSA TURKEY

Possibly the oldest, most ramshackle building in all of ancient, historic Bursa houses this shop.

It's a smart phone store that does sales, service, repairs and most important -- loading of credits.

We couldn't resist this picture of an ancient structure housing a modern necessity.

EVANGELINE THEATER

NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA

Art Deco Gem in Cajun Country

MEDELLIN MAGIC -- EXPLORING COLOMBIA'S REMOTE METROPOLIS 1

MEDELLIN: MOUNTAINS, MUSEUMS, MODERN TRANSIT AND MORE SAFE THAN EVER


Modern Medellin is inspiring hundreds of urban planners and thinkers with its inspiring investment in public works to benefit all people in the city.

The train system is so popular in Medellin, that riders have to all but squeeze onto the passenger cars – and not just at rush hour.

TUSCANY -- ABBEVILLE PRESS -- PART 6

PHOTOGRAPHS BY SONJA BULLATY AND ANGELO LOMEO. TEXT BY MARIE-ANGE GUILLAUME

Guillaume also recounts the Florence-based relationship between famed writer Henry James and his host (and fellow writer) Constance Fenimore Woolson (grand niece of Fenimore Cooper.)

"Here, I have attained that old-world feeling I used to dream about, a sort of enthusiasm made up of history, mythology, old churches, pictures, statues, vineyards, the Italian sky, dark-eyed peasants, opera-music, Raphael and old Michael....Perhaps I ought to add Henry James. He has been perfectly charming to me for three weeks," penned Fenimore Woolson, referring to Michelangelo as old Michael.

Guillaume's keen sense of storytelling -- coupled with Bullaty's and Lomeo's artistic capturing of said vineyards, statutes, churches, peasants and haystacks -- make Tuscany a must-have travel book.

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TUSCANY -- ABBEVILLE PRESS -- PART 5

PHOTOGRAPHS BY SONJA BULLATY AND ANGELO LOMEO. TEXT BY MARIE-ANGE GUILLAUME

The cathedral of Siena is portrayed in varying displays that show its pure beauty, its scale against the cityscape, its exquisite detailing in close up and its commanding view over the historic town and out into the countryside.

In telling the tale of Michelangelo's endless days of work in Florence and other parts of Italy, Guillaume shares the delicious quote by the artist himself: "I am bruised, exhausted, worn out: such is the fruit of my efforts; death is the inn where, having paid my dues, I'll have bed and board."

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TUSCANY BOOK REVIEW CONTINUES 
TOMORROW -- OCTOBER 2