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Travel Blogs from Piazza Armerina
Corfu & Sicily
... to Sicily because it is where her Dad was born and her parents had booked us into a really nice hotel, so I made it my mission to get us there within 24 hours. I found a ferry that would get us to the mainland, and then another ferry that would get us to Brindisi. Our ferry to Brindisi was overnight and we slept on the cold floor next to the toilet as we got tickets last minute so there was no seats left. Lisa was a ball of stress, nerves and tears the whole journey, we ...
Taormina
... away. Great food and hospitality. Breakfast is being served, more later, hopefully with pictures. The Internet is very iffy here. Walked through the village of Taormina which was amazingly quaint. Had lunch in an outdoor restaurant in a piazza overlooking the Mediterranean, great food, great service. Very warm today ...
Sicily
... Tempio Della Concordia, Tempio Di Giunone (Juno), Tempio Di Giove (Jupiter). The city of Agrigento, where we spent the night, is built on the hills surrounding The Valle Di Templi, which is a Unesco site. It can get very hot here, very little rain. There are Lots of solar panels all through the area. Our guide who grew up here in Agrigento told us that water for consumption, bathing, cooking etc... is often rationed, it's part of ...
Life in Italy - part 2
... inside In the south, lots and lots of solar panels in fields by the side of the highways. Butter on tables only for breakfast, no butter for rolls or bread at dinner time Using salt and pepper is an insult to the chef, rarely do you see them on the table Shops are closed from about 1 to 4. School is 7 AM to 1 ...
Sicily
... meats, oils, olives, wine etc...our guide arranged with a local vendor to have a taste of a prickly pear (don't touch it!) and half of a persimmon each. Yum, yum! Sicilians are quite different from their neighbours of the northern regions: darker skin and blue eyes! Sicily is the largest island in the Mediterranean, it is very mountainous, rugged, dry. (1PM) stopped ...