Colors of Southern Italy

by Tina Ferrari

This area of Italy is so colorful all year round it seems.  Lecce is particularly nice for its Leccese stone that glows in the sunlight.  Then there’s Palermo which is a very earthy shade of gold, it seems.  And living between two seas, you can imagine I get lots of blue.   Now that it’s summer the colors are that much more brilliant.  I’m having more and more of those “Oh my goodness, I live here!” moments.  The scenery is my second favorite part about being an expat in Italy (food being the first thing).   Instead of trying to describe everything, why don’t I show you what I mean?

Here are some of my favorite colors in Southern Italy:

The green of prickly pears against the blue of the Mediterranean Sea.

The white rocks that jut out of the earth.  I haven’t seen anything like it anywhere but here.  It’s like magic:

The red soil against dark green olive trees.

What colors stand out the most where you live?

Tina Ferrari is a tango dancer, translator and writer currently based in Lecce, Italy. She writes at AffordableCallingCards.net as well as on her own blog, Tina Tangos. Comments are always welcome!