Jennifer Allsopp
Contributor at Freelance
Activist/academic/writer exploring global policy & pedagogy on human rights, gender, asylum & migration. Feminist internationalist. Reading Dante with refugees.
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1 week ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
Today’s short hike promised a rainbow but real colour came in the narrow streets of the medieval town where Beatrice’s family lived. ‘Gloom of Hell or of a night deprived of all the stars, beneath a barren skyWhich everywhere was overcast with clouds’With these words Dante begins the canto of Purgatorio 16. I could relate. All night, it hadn’t stopped raining and, as I opened the curtains, the grey clouds still hung in webs.
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1 week ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
The unrelenting rain made the path treacherous, and I got lost, only to re-find myself again with new friends eating pecorino. It wasn’t easy to leave the luxurious round bed this morning, but the weather forecast predicted rain from about midday. The earlier I left, the less chance I’d have of repeating yesterday’s wipe out. To leave early and avoid the rain or stay in bed and walk for a while with no rain, that was the question. I took the middle ground.
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1 week ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
Today’s hike zigzags the Tuscany and Emilia-Romaña borders across the Apennine ridge where ghosts from historic battles give it a spooky air. I woke 6am to see Alina off. Massino Kyo had kindly offered to take her down to Prato Vecchio to catch the bus back to Florence from where she’d take the train. Refugees in Italy are obliged to not leave their accommodation for a certain amount of time or they lose it.
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1 week ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
The expansive green landscapes and spectacular church complex of Romena will have you dreaming. The first thing I did in the morning was to line my eyes with a thick rim of turquoise eye liner I had purchased along with sun cream in the town pharmacy yesterday. Meeting Anna in Montemignaio had left a big impression on both of us with her organic, healthy way of life and I sought to emulate something of her serenity.
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1 week ago |
danteonthemove.blog | Jennifer Allsopp
The Tuscan landscape with its dandelions, daisies and cultivated fields has echoes of Ukraine where war still rages on. Today we woke up leisurely and made the 13-kilometre trek to Castel San Niccolò from Montemignaio. As we munched on basil pesto on toast for breakfast, Alina showed me videos from the cities of Ukraine, Lviv – city of the lion, and of the epic landscape of the Carpathian Mountains.
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The last stretch to Ravenna boasts 2 magical gardens where I would meet a friend & a soul mate who showed me that Dante’s divine love is at once self-reflective, shared & in harmony with the natural world. #Dante #divinecomedy #ravenna #art #hiking #walk https://t.co/0DTJ3eTdUY
The last stretch to Ravenna boasts 2 magical gardens where I would meet a friend & a soul mate who showed me that Dante’s divine love is at once self-reflective, shared & in harmony with the natural world. #Dante #divinecomedy #hiking #walking #pellegrina https://t.co/iwFjXZrkXz https://t.co/rCU3pPsUxH
Today’s walk gave a detailed insight into rural life, while the animals at the farm where we stayed were a delight.' Here comes a post from day 10 of the 400km cammino di Dante. https://t.co/umG9xyI2H0 #hiking #camminodidante #Dante #divinecomedy #italy #hiking #farmlife #ugolino