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May 2016, Lanzarote, land of volcanoes and winds, but of grape fields too, that are very particular. We were on this Island to meet some dear friends. The impact is huge, it is a very particular island, not for the common visitor, either you love it or you hate it. The barrenness is almost everywhere, with the exception of the all inclusive businesses, most of the island is covered by the volcanic lapilli that is there since the last big eruption. You could imagine anything but that grape fields that found a perfect habitat, it obviously took the men's intelligence, that has improved the technique, the result is amazing.
I wrote this some time ago on my FB page:
“Our daughter still to be born, our son among the special people who take care of him, me and my wife enjoy some peace in this particular place that can still astound. Thirty steps(of my own) to get around a grape plant that is around 200 years old and that, to the eyes of someone that knows Italian grape plants, where a plant is considered to be old after 50 years, it looks like a total different plant, but the fruits are there, hanging from the plant, showing that there is no old age to produce, and then there are the younger plants in fields filled with holes, holes that are 1 meter deep and wide like my living room, digged in the black terrain left by the eruption that covers everything, even the plants's roots. There is a little wall on the side of the hole that protects the plants from the strong winds that constantly run through the island, a multi color landscape that even the iPhone 19 could not afford, a landscape that shows how much effort men made to accomplish it. A landscape that shows limits are often in the heads of people without imagination, a place for the people who loves wines, just 30 minutes here are worth the ticked to travel, and then there is more to be seen on the island!"
Thanks to @charlesx for english version
Maggio 2016, Lanzarote, terra di vulcani e di venti, ma anche di vigneti che definire particolari è riduttivo. Capitiamo su quest’isola per scelta altrui, per inseguire e riabbracciare per qualche giorno cari amici partiti e non ancora tornati. L’impatto è notevole, isola molto particolare, non è per tutti, non ha vie di mezzo, si ama o si odia. L’aridità regna sovrana un po’ ovunque, ad eccezione degli angoli dove il business degli all inclusive ha avuto la meglio, in più buona parte dell’isola è coperta da lapillo vulcanico risalente ancora all’ultima grande eruzione di secoli fa. Insomma tutto ti aspetteresti tranne di scoprire che qui i vigneti hanno trovato un habitat alquanto favorevole, certo, c’è voluto l’ingegno dell’uomo, che nei secoli ha perfezionato la tecnica, ma il risultato è sorprendente.
Scrivevo tempo fa sul mio profilo facebook:
“nostra figlia ancora nel pancione, il maschio sperso tra le amorevoli attenzioni di persone speciali, ed io e mia moglie ci godiamo mezz'oretta di tranquillità in questo posto talmente particolare che nonostante l'assuefazione odierna alle novità ancora sa stupire. Trenta passi (dei miei) per fare il giro attorno ad una vite che avrà circa 200 anni e che, agli occhi di chi è abituato ai vigneti pugliesi e piemontesi, dove una vigna è considerata vecchia già a 50 anni, sembra addirittura una pianta diversa eppure i grappoli sono lì, appesi in bella mostra, a ribadire che non si è mai troppo vecchi per maturare, e poi ci sono le innumerevoli piante relativamente più giovani disseminate in campi pieni di buche, buche profonde un metro e larghe come il mio soggiorno scavate nello strato nero di lava che qui ricopre tutto e che tutto protegge, comprese le radici delle viti, e su ogni buca il suo muretto a secco realizzato quasi a forma di vela a proteggere le piante dagli incessanti venti che lambiscono queste terre, un paesaggio dai contrasti cromatici che neanche l'iPhone 19 potrà permettersi, un paesaggio che trasuda la fatica dell'uomo spesa per realizzarlo, un paesaggio che sancisce in maniera univoca che spesso i limiti sono solo nella testa di chi non ha immaginazione, un posto che se siete appassionati di vino non potete farvi mancare, anche perchè già solo 30 minuti qui valgono il prezzo del biglietto, e poi c'è tutto il resto dell'isola :-)”
Un sentito ringraziamento a @charlesx per la traduzione in inglese e per la disponibilità dimostrata
Le piante insegnano la pazienza, insegnano che per crescere ognuno impiega il suo tempo. E per crescere dei figli è un insegnamento impagabile.
Auguri per tutte le tue crescite :)
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E si, non si smette mai di imparare!
Grazie per gli auguri Paola 😊
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Bello questo articolo. Ti seguo.
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I agree, you love it or hate it.. I was the first one :)
Visited two times, just came back.
Check pictures at my blog..
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