My podcast #42 starts with Chopin's Prelude No. 8 in F#Minor. This is a tricky thing that takes quite a lot of practice to get it sounding halfway decent. But it's really gorgeous.
Today's podcast is about our first three days in Lecce, a town of 150,000 on the southern portion of the Salento peninsula, the heel of Italy's boot. The first day, Thursday, is spent just walking around Lecce, visiting the Roman amphitheater--actually only half as the other half remains buried under a church.
On Friday, we visit one of the three doors to the city, built in the 16th century--Porta Rudiae, named after the people who lived in the town before Lecce. There we shop for lunch ingredients--Frutti di Mare.
And on Saturday, we rented a car and drove into the countryside--to visit a lighthouse near Otranto, Santa Cesarea Terme, a small port with sulfurous waters, then we had lunch in a farmhouse Maseria le Stanzie. After dessert, we visited a church, Santa Catarina d'Alessandra, known for its magnificent freschi and for the secret hidden in the altar.
We are making progress! 2023 will be a spectacular year for Project Hope and Fairness. Not only are we starting a small business in Cordes sur Ciel that will be selling pastries, cakes, and chocolates, but we will be establishing a center for learning the ins and outs of chocolate production--in N'Douci, Côte d'Ivoire.
I finish the podcast with Bach's Prelude in F#Minor--same key as the Chopin. You'll appreciate the profound difference in tone between a prelude written by the father of Classical Music (Bach) and the father of Romantic Music (Chopin). I played the Bach on the organ and the Chopin on the piano. Bach had no piano as it had not yet been invented.
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