By the Ionian Sea
Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
Nonfiction, Travel, Fiction & Literature, Classics
| Author: | George Gissing | ISBN: | 9781911263494 |
| Publisher: | Interactive Media | Publication: | April 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Sovereign | Language: | English |
| Author: | George Gissing |
| ISBN: | 9781911263494 |
| Publisher: | Interactive Media |
| Publication: | April 15, 2016 |
| Imprint: | Sovereign |
| Language: | English |
Tomorrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest in abundance; by landing here I make a modestly adventurous beginning of my ramble in the South. At Paola foreigners are rare; one may count upon new impressions, and the journey over the hills will be delightful.
Tomorrow I shall leave by the Messina boat, which calls at Paola. It is now more than a twelvemonth since I began to think of Paola, and an image of the place has grown in my mind. I picture a little marina; a yellowish little town just above; and behind, rising grandly, the long range of mountains which guard the shore of Calabria. Paola has no special interest that I know of, but it is the nearest point on the coast to Cosenza, which has interest in abundance; by landing here I make a modestly adventurous beginning of my ramble in the South. At Paola foreigners are rare; one may count upon new impressions, and the journey over the hills will be delightful.
