I have always wanted to visit Calabria ever since I read 'the Dilemma of Love' which describes the olive harvest there in the 1930's. John found this wonderful place to stay - the Carabineri took us some of the way because we did get lost. Salvatore and Maria and their daughter Rosa made us welcome and cooked us a wonderful Calabrian meal made entirely from their own farm produce. They ar self-sufficient. The pictures are of the farm, wild fruits used for making liqueurs, their animals their views of Cerchiara and of me trying to learn about harvesting olives. They keep pigs, chickens, bees, rabbits, a horse, and goats and a small nervous dog called Magister.
There is a grotto with a natural swimming pool in it and thermal springs extradordinary pine trees in the Pollina National Park nearby. Go there if you can!
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