Gotta love a greeting that can be used for hello or goodbye 
I just returned from the Women’s Fiction Festival in Matera, Italy hours ago. It was my first conference and a totally amazing experience. I’ll tell you more about it later, but for now I’ll let the scenery speak for itself…
(click on the picture for a larger view)
My hotel room was fantastic but difficult to photograph. Imagine a pizza oven - a long narrow passage (with kitchen) then you pass through an arch and into a tall rounded room carved from the stone in the hillside. I can’t remember the last time I slept so well in a hotel room…
The view from my hotel courtyard
As you might imagine, it was a little difficult to find my way to and from my hotel. I found it rather ironic to be walking down the narrow cobblestone alleys on my own at night looking for the Museum of Torture on purpose…
“Turn left at the cat.” That’s what I told a fellow author who was staying at my hotel when I showing her my route back and forth. No matter what time of day or weather, this cat was there. Of course the sign helped too…
I could bore you with pictures of the streets and alleys all day…
One of many rock churches in the historic “Sassi” area of Matera
A lovely intersection…
A view of the Sassi Barisano from the piazza near the conference site
A coffee break on the terrace of the conference site, a converted monastery
I’ve only just returned home and I am already scheming on how I can go back next year…
Gorgeous pictures. I go the most interesting places with you.
by anny cook October 1st, 2008 at 10:59 amWow, all I can say is…….spectacular!
Deidre
by Deidre October 3rd, 2008 at 4:07 pmSigh.
I wanna go back!!!!!!!
And yes, that cat was ALWAYS there.
by Amanda Brice October 9th, 2008 at 12:10 pm