The Gypsy Wagons – Part 7

Part 7       Ravnos was one of Andalusia’s Gypsies that Ida had met the previous week, and on that occasion, the young Gitano kept constant eye contact with her.      “He is really handsome,” she thought “It would be fun to meet him again.”         Ravnos had been in the past a professional Flamingo

The Gypsy Wagons – Part 7

Part 7       Ravnos was one of Andalusia’s Gypsies that Ida had met the previous week, and on that occasion, the young Gitano kept constant eye contact with her.      “He is really handsome,” she thought “It would be fun to meet him again.”         Ravnos had been in the past a professional Flamingo

The Gypsy wagons- Part 6

Part 6       By late autumn Joko was on the road again leading the gypsies across the North Italian plain toward the promised land of the Spanish Gitanos. It was now an easy journey across one of the richest valleys in the world, offering green pastures and abundant water. The Gypsies trusted their leader, who

The Gypsy wagons, Part 6

Part 6       By late autumn Joko was on the road again leading the gypsies across the North Italian plain toward the promised land of the Spanish Gitanos. It was now an easy journey across one of the richest valleys in the world, offering green pastures and abundant water. The Gypsies trusted their leader, who

The Gypsy Waggons – Part 5

Part 5       Finally, they entered the Ljubljana plateau. It was time to have a longer rest, not only for the animals but also to find time to arrange a fresher supply of provisions to use on the next leg of their journey. They camped on a nearby plain at the edge of the city.

The Gypsy Wagons – Part 4

Part 4        Lake Balaton, in North-West Hungary, was chosen by the Gypsies to set up their winter camp. It was strategically located with many villages nestling around the lake offering the nomads food and work.       Winter for the Gypsies has always been a critical season, and many times to survive, some gypsies felt

The Gypsy Wagon – Part 3

Part 3        Gypsies are used to communal life. Women attended to the children, collected wood and lit fires. They also erected tripods, holding a chain to hang over the fire cast-iron pots cooking stews and broth of rabbits, hare, deer, ticked trout, and wild boar.        In their cooking they used a traditional centuries-old

The Gypsy Wagons – Part 2

Part 2          For centuries Gypsies have been nomadic. A documented history doesn’t exist, because Gypsies never had a written language. Their past is full of legends, distorted in time with the continuous passing of word of mouth, from father to son. They have been nomadic since history exist, and through time they never been

The Gypsy Waggons – English Edition only – Re-edited

THE GYPSY’S WAGON Gypsies by nature are secretive with their intense history of colorful myths and legends. They have a simplistic life and mainly live with what nature offers them and carefully use what the environment offers without destroying the habitat, preserving things in the way they have found. By nature, they are sensitive and

Ricordi di un Novantenne (ricordi di un piccolo mondo lontano) Parte 4 Scritto da © Carlo Gabbi – Lun, 04/05/2020 – 00:43 Ricordi di un Novantenne Ricordando il mio piccolo mondo di allora Parte 4 Voglio ora far rivivere brevemente altre cose vissute da me e Sergio in quei giorni passati.  Mi affiora alla memoria