Cisternino, Puglia, Italy. Tuesday 01-June-2025.
"You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows." *
There is an old boys’ gossiping bench across the road from us just outside San Cataldo. For some time they have been there every evening recording what I had assumed was some kind of podcast. Recently they put up a poster behind the bench and now the mystery is solved. Giancarlo, the nice man who runs the newsagents, is reading the following day’s weather forecast for the Valle D’Itria.
I am informed by our Italian tutor that he is also actively involved in the Museo del Clima (Museum of Weather) in nearby Caranna. Unfortunately it is currently closed but I shall keep an eye open for if and when it reopens.
He also occasionally has guests to announce upcoming events. You can see the forecast every day by following him on Instagram, YouTube or Facebook.
Many of the forecasts end with a pan to the “boys” on the bench for a wave to camera or a round of applause for Giancarlo.
* Subterranean Homesick Blues by Bob Dylan.
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