Fish

Meeting Wolf of the Sea in Monopoli, Italy - Los Angeles Travel Photographer

How do you know you are traveling off the beaten path? Iโ€™d say when you see no one but a solo local person at a little town off of the Adriatic Sea.

Seeing that he was processing fish, probably caught on-site, we stopped. Many words tried to rush out in English. Facing the reality of language barrier, we chose silence.

Porta-Vecchia-Monopoli-Bari-Puglia-Italy-Copyright-Jean-Huang-Photography

Porta-Vecchia-Monopoli-Bari-Puglia-Italy-Copyright-Jean-Huang-Photography

โ€œPesce rossoโ€, he said, eyes still on what his hands were working on.

โ€Siโ€. Judging from the obvious color of the fish, we replied.

Out of blue, he raise the red fish to his mouth.

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Lupo-di-Mare-Monopoli-Puglia-Italy-Copyright-Jean-Huang-Photography

โ€œLupo di Mareโ€, he said.

Proud to know what lupo means in English, we quickly responded โ€œSi si si siโ€. In hindsight, Iโ€™m not too sure who he was referring to as the lupo. What do you think?

Throughout our travels, weโ€™ve appreciated a variety of landscapes (see my theory about
People Are Landscape). Itโ€™s usually the experience with beautiful and/or interesting people that we still remember many years later.

Do you want to take a wild guess on what Monopoli means? Put your thought in the comment below.

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