The TRABUCCHI

The treasures of Molise

Finally a trip, after the summer journeys have been limited to the Trasimeno area, close and extremely enchanting, but not further than Umbria. New year’s eve, the right time to schedule a tour, although the unpleasant weather could have suggested to stay home waiting for a better season.

Luck was over us as we approached the south of Italy driving on the “Adriatica” route.

The destination was Termoli, a place probably known as the port where you take the ferry to go to the Tremiti islands, but not for its peculiar beauty. Nonetheless I had this vision since I was little and we used to go by train, from Florence to Brindisi, in the very south, in Puglia, the railway would lap the coast just enough to make you dream and wonder about your final destination and on its way you would see, lined up on the shore, groups of wooden building with giant nets falling in the water and recoiling from the dark blue surface, with sparkles of silvery fishes jumping in it.

The TRABUCCHI (top right image), a traditional fishing method that occurs during the winter season, when sailing is too dangerous.

Molise is a deserted region, you can drive for miles, among hills that are similar in every detail to those of Tuscany, except that are more distant from one another, of a bright green that you think that any kind of film or digital sensor that can render such saturation has to be engraved among the quality hall of fame milestone.

I am grateful I was able to roam in a silent and sunny Molise, while the rest of the peninsula was covered in pouring rain.

Some technical datas: Yashica MAT124G with expired FUJI 400ISO colour negative stored in the fridge