Here they come, almost here… Once again, they are about to appear. The snowdrops, tiny and wonderful, emerge from the dark earth at the end of every winter, surprising me every time—like a thought blooming in a quiet corner of the garden. Like beautiful things, memories, and everything that inexplicably finds its way back into the world. A symbol of life’s ability to endure, always, even beneath the earth and through time. They bloom for just a moment, in winter, yet they are always there
I’m Maddalena De Bernardi, an Italian freelance journalist and mom living in a small village of the Apennines mountains. Many of my stories begin with a coffee and a question, talking with my son in our day. What was the world like once? What was the world like once? Why do we do things this way? As our grandparents and great-grandparents lived their everyday lives, their stories became intertwined with the great events and figures of world history.
Where will the road take us today? We follow tales through geography and historytravel, writing about culture, slow living and quality of life.
Find The Route is my collection of moments, questions and discoveries: a place to travel through geography, history and imagination, one route at a time.
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