Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/02/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Picturesque place! Cheers Jayanand On Thu, Feb 28, 2019 at 1:06 PM Peter Klein via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > Scopello is a lovely little town perched above the sea about an hour > west of Palermo. We were done with our organized tour, and staying in > another town a few kilometers east to "decompress." We hired a taxi, > and spent a few hours in Scopello, just wandering around. > > In the town itself, much of the activity centers around the town square. > Here are a couple of drinking buddies at the local watering hole: > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445433/in/dateposted-public/ > > > Within a couple of blocks, the views to the sea are spectacular: > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445203/in/dateposted-public/ > > > And the views inland from the square aren't bad either: > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445273/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > Down at the sea is the "Tonnara," a cove housing a former tuna fishing > port and cannery that's existed in some form since the 1300s. It's now > a private beach. Just off shore are a group of sea stacks. Old defensive > towers loom above. Some guidebooks say it is a beautiful as Capri. I > won't make comparisons, but we loved it there. > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445563/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445703/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445803/in/dateposted-public/ > > > < > https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at > N04/40270445943/in/dateposted-public/ > > > > Olympus E-M5 and Panasonic 20/1.7 or 14/2.5 lenses (40 and 28mm equiv.) > Enjoy! > > --Peter > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information