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Travel Blogs from Piazza Armerina
Corfu & Sicily
... we were finally there, and true to my word I had gotten us there within the 24 hours. I gave myself a pat on the back as we were taken up to our luxury penthouse suite. The room alone made our long journey worth it, it was massive! We had our own private verandah, a living room, two televisions and a huge bedroom, not to mention the fantastic view we had from our verandah. Lisa's parents are thinking of staying in this hotel next year, so we were more then happy test dummies! ...
Taormina
... sky, perfecto! Took the funicular down to the beach, dipped our feet in the ocean, collected sea glass and colourful pebbles. 3 P.M. Sitting around the pool enjoying our last few hours in Italy. Our flight from here to Rome is early morning, yuk, we have to leave the hotel at 4 A.M. (Double yuk). Then Rome to Toronto then ...
Sicily
... Italy has more Unesco sites than any country in the world and most of them are in Sicily! People in Sicily are Sicilians first then Italians! I'm enjoying the language, some words are similar to French, others to Spanish (I used to know some Spanish). Our tour manager, Antony, who can speak a few languages, makes a point of teaching us some Italian words. Very little English is spoken or understood here. The valley has many Olive trees, one ...
Life in Italy - part 2
No trucks are allowed on the roads on Sundays. Huge recycling bins everywhere, every 100 feet or so in public places, even a bin for organic waste. Lots of roundabouts in the smaller towns that really help with the flow of traffic Houses have blinds on windows on the outside that operate with a pulley-like string ...
Sicily
... and had an arancini, delicious breaded pastry-like item, filled with spinach, rice and ham, a Sicilian lunch item. We are celebrating someone's birthday and our tour director served cannoli and we had a toast with a glass of pistachio liqueur. Still travelling in Sicily, lots of almond trees, cacti (fruit is a prickly pear), olive trees, eucalyptus trees, by the ...