"Ma tanti, tanti di più sono coloro che, senza saperne il nome, le hanno scoperte a guizzi, a spicchi, a frammenti fulminei e abbaglianti, dai pochi oblò che si aprono nel tunnel che porta da Levanto fin quasi alla Spezia." [Eugenio Montale, 1896-1981, Nobel Prize 1975]
Posted by jim at June 17, 2003 11:42 PMIn case anybody besides me was wondering, Montale is describing the Cinque Terre (roughly, the Italian coastal region from south of Genoa to the La Spezia area); more of the text can be found here (scroll down to Eugenio Montale, Le Cinque Terre):
http://www.tamnet.it/sgrizzo/letteratura.html
LH-- Sorry about that. I was in a hurry to make my deadline before midnight approached. When I was in Liguria this December past, as I drove from the C Colombo Airport to Rapallo on the autostrada, I was amazed how you spend more time in tunnels than outside looking down steep cliffs towards little cities and towns perched above the blue, blue waters. --jfb
Posted by: jim on June 19, 2003 10:40 AM