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THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS
It was nice to wake up to a non rocking ship. It may be hard for some of you to understand what it is like to try and function while a ship is rocking. It makes even simple tasks like eating, brushing your teeth and showering very awkward. Sleeping is difficult as well especially when you feel nauseous...
We didn't have too much time in Catania together since Rochelle's show got ...
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!
... pear trees. I'm able to enjoy all of the bounty from his garden including homemade wine with every meal and heaps of the best olive oil I've ever tasted. Not surprisingly, Marta is an excellent cook, preparing every meal with simple, healthy and local ingredients.I may even be able to replicate the nightly minestra- usually made with beans which are pureed and then served with tiny pasta, topped with copious amounts of olive oil. Delicious.
If Berroni was a ...
Sicily sucks
... We We walk up to the crater and the landscape is so barren, practically nothing grows here. Because of the low cloud, there isn't even a view of Catania below. We don't stay long at all. I had been looking forward to seeing Etna, but now I wonder why. Even Marty is unimpressed and it doesn't take much to please him. We get back in the car and I'm all for heading back and calling it quits, but Paul wants to push onto a small town at the other end of the island, about fifty kms away. I ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... visited towns nearby (Noto, Modica, Marzamemi, Palazzolo), then had dinner. We were joined by my cousin Claude, who has lived in London for 25 years, and his partner, Beatriz, for several days, and one memorable night 11 of us descended on a small empty restaurant for dinner (Antica Locanda da Enrico), instantly filling it up, and the owner and waiters joining in the fun.
Rosalba, Dino, Alexi and Erica then moved to Erice in the west of Sicily ...
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