Scalea
Rome
I flew here from Tallinn for €34. At 1AM I was at the train station. The first train heading my way (to Naples) was at 5:30. It turns out that the main train station in the capital closes at night. Wow, what a country I guess. The streets seemed dodgy so I just hanged out near the station.
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Lots of sketchy people here. They walk around and try to steal stuff from people lying in front of the station. I even saw them succeed. I think I was the whitest person in that place. One crazy man walked up to me and started shouting “Germania, Germania!”. My reaction was neutral and silent.
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Scalea
After a 6 hour train journey with a change in Naples (€25), I arrived in Scalea. The whole journey from Moscow took me almost 49 hours with just a few hours of sleep. Overall starting from Moscow the tickets cost me €112 one way.
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Scalea is a small resort town in Calabria. Most of people who come here for vacation are Italians from more Northern parts of the country. Foreign visitors are mostly from Russian speaking countries.
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Streets of Scalea
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Mountain view
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Sky blue house and regular blue sky
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Take a closer look at the language
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Plants
Let’s have a look at the beach. This one with rocks is my favourite.
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Rocks
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Spying
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One of Scalea’s symbols is Torre Talao: an old tower on a hill.
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Another important landmark is Scalea’s old town with narrow streets.
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View from the top
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Another perspective
But I usually came there at night when I hanged out with my friends.
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Be careful
People like red pepper in Calabria.
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Sometimes the sea is stormy and it becomes dangerous and fun to swim.
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Storm
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Italian means of transportation
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Cacti
In Italy colours are more contrasting and saturated. The grass is actually greener here.
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The best pizza I ate in Scalea was from a place with a very generic name “Pizzeria Napoletana”. Margherita is my favourite pizza (costs €4). Italians usually order it too and it seems like all the other pizzas are made for tourists. I ate a whole pizza almost every evening usually on the beach.
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Sunset
I stayed in Scalea for over a month. It was fun. Most of my friends have already left by the end of August and it was time for me to leave and go back to doing boring stuff.
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