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THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS
... to the rocking of the ship the day before she had a mid day rehearsal. So we went into Catania which we had already ventured through when I was cruising with my parents. Rosie and I just shopped a bit, go wifi and ate arranchini's (those amazing rice balls that need to come to North America, they are unreal)
I ended up staying in port for awhile after Rochelle went back to the ...
Nuccio is an excellent tour guide
... lunch). Chiesa di Santa Lucia al Sepolcro has the first Caravaggio painting I've seen outside of a museum, and it's beautiful. Unfortunately, no photos allowed. We visit the Duomo which is built on top of the ancient Temple of Minerva. Finally we see Apollo's Temple, built in 600 BC, which seems oddly out of place in the city center.
I'll miss my Italian family! Hope to see you again soon.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
Sono grata per tute le experienzie che mi ho piacuto queste anno, mi salute e mi amici.
There was even turkey. Non mi e macato a casa.
Eunice's parents, Marta and Nuccio are lovely. They live in the country, above a small village called Giarratana in southern Sicily with Lula and her 4 cat friends; Picolo, Grigia and the 2 Neros. The views are beautiful. It's winter here, and kind of cold, but in spring I'm sure that Nuccio has plenty to do with his olive, ...
Sicily sucks
Day 44 Catania Sicily Today we dock in Sicily and we have been looking forward to this as we have not been to the southern part of Italy in our travels, although we have heard both good and bad things about it. We have decided we will hire a car and go up to see Mt Etna which is an active volcano that apparently still erupts every 9 weeks or so. We have been searching for another couple to travel with and share costs, but so far have found no likely prospects. We get talking to a group of ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... course of grilled spigola (European seabass), dessert (I can't remember), and a generous glass of Sicilian grappa to assist digestion. Fortunately Nino had a room available just across the road so I didn't have far to walk.
For our last day in Sicily I took Dad to his church in Floridia that he attended and was baptised in as a young man. (Extremely) unusually in Sicily, Dad attended a Baptist church from his teenage years, along with his ...