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Nuccio is an excellent tour guide
My last day in Sicily is a good one! We arrive at Zia Ester's house in Siracusa and only stay long enough to drop off Marta so she can help cook. Nuccio and I walk the perimeter of Isla di Ortegia, which is a beautiful part of downtown Siracusa, another UNESCO site. It is surrounded by the Ionian Sea's clear, turquoise waters. We see fountains, churches and eat ice cream (Don't tell! We still ate ...
Happy Thanksgiving!
... to the UK. It was wonderful to meet Eunice's sister, Kristina, and her family. I especially enjoyed the Monopoly game with Giulia and Deborah.
I beat Nuccio in Scopa*- a great italian card game much like casino but with prettier cards- (he may have let me win), learned to make biscotti, and toured the historic part of Giarratana, including the remains of an old castle and "downtown" Ibla, which was worth an evening in the rain to see its beautiful domed ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
For those of you who have read my previous blog entries, this will be quite different (and quite tame) - no getting lost on snowy mountainsides wearing only shorts and t-shirt, no eating wildly unusual foods (rancid Icelandic shark, Estonian pig snout, Slovenian fillet of foal), etc.
A few months ago my father, who is 92, asked me if I would accompany him on a trip to Italy. He wanted to visit his sisters and as many of our relatives in Italy ...
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 ...