Il giardino dei mandarini
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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!
... Nuccio's Biscotti Recipe
combine:
600 grams cake flour
250 grams sugar
1 small bag of yeast
make a mountain with a hole in it and fill with:
2 eggs
1 cup of seed oil
lemon zest
mix together by hand, adding milk as needed
roll into ball and divide in 2
roll each have into a sausage and cut into 3
roll again and cut each into 2 biscuits- roll or braid
bake
*How to play Scopa (2 players):
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Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... and two sisters - the other brother and sister remained Catholic. He was warmly farewelled by the small congregation, most of whom only knew of him by reputation, as he is the oldest living person who attended that church, which was built around the time he began attending in the late 1930's. Our final pranzo was at the home of my oldest cousin Dora, where I also met her younger brother, Aldo, and his wife Mariuccia, whom I haven't seen for around ...
Police car ride
I had my 1st ride in a police car, lol mom will be proud ! nothing bad my BMW broke down and I had to give them my gps and they took me back to the hotel . I thought it was because I passed them at 170' but they were kind to help me. What is the chance a Renault would have caught me. ...
Noto
... from. We only saw a stork and heron, but it was all along the coast marshes and I bet it is beautiful in the spring time. From there we were going to go to Avola, but decided to skip it and head straight to Ortigia, and we are glad we did as the streets, although beautiful and scenic were one way and crazy. Took us an hour of circling through the portal to find our destination. Once again I hoofed it to find our nights lodging, and it was easily ...