A path breaking experience

A travel piece based on a short trip to the island of Alicudi - in the Aeolian archipelago, north of Sicily. First published on The Traveler - August 2003

INCIPIT
We got off the ferry boat on a hot may day, with two commuters, a motor cart loaded with fresh vegetables and the postman. Two girls around ten years old with long brown hair highlighted by the sun and an early golden tan approached us and tried to sell us some sea shells. Getting exercised for the high season, we thought - as if many tourists ever arrived at this remote island.
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