Goat Cheese
Well, as beautiful and majestic as this Palazzo Gallotti is, I just visited another awesome place much
different than this place. It is in Vibonati located between Tortorella and Torracca. It is 1 hectare
of land (approx. 2 1/2 acres) on the side of a mountain overlooking the town of Vibonati and the sea.
It consisted of a very broken down, dilapidated structure which was bought by a Napolitan named
Amedeus. He's quite young in years and has a PHD in some kind of writing. But being unimportant
in Naples, as many people are, he worked for free at the University of Naples for 8 years. Then 7
years ago bought this place, built in into a gorgeous stone home and bought 5 goats;1 billy
and 4 girls (2 mothers and 2 female babies) from which he gets milk to make goat cheese. He also has
2 sheep, 1 donkey who pushed me in the back very hard (playfully), 2 dogs, several ducks and chickens
and 1 goose. He has a vegetable garden anyone would be proud of and lives off of what?
Not sure. His girlfriend cannot find a job anywhere near so must work as a substitute teacher in a
high school in Naples. She lives here during the Summer only. The rest of the time Amadeus lives alone
with his animals. He's been here for 3 years. I will return just to take pictures. It is that beautiful!
I've been told that on a clear day you can see Mt Etna on Sicily. I went there yesterday to see his animals
and see how he makes his goat cheese. It would be a lovely bike ride there; approx 10km or 7 miles
all of which is either very up hill or very down hill on a road that needs work. But the farms around here
are so primitive and interesting; all different from each other. This place belongs in a magazine.
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