Hotel Principe d'Aragona
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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!
... And we figured out how to convert C to F- not an easy task in a house with no internet, but a beautiful, old set of encyclopedias: F = (C x 9/5) + 32
I've never bragged about my knowledge of history, but how could I have not known how America got its name? Americo Vespuci was a navigator that followed Christopher Columbus to "India." When Columbus arrived in America he had been heading for India- apparently, that's why he called the Native Americans Indians. ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... by the time I left and I wasn't going to make it back to Floridia until very late so I decided to stop around 9pm. I happened to be near Taormina, but rather than staying there, I stayed in Letojanni on the coast below, and had a great seafood meal at Ristorante da Nino - antipasto of sea urchins, fried patties of tiny white fish (neonati, between 1-2cms long), and a large prawn stuffed with cream of fennel; first plate of pasta with sea urchin ...
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
At B&B Vinci, a really nice place to stay. Large room, on the bottom floor, with a terrace on the top where we had breakfast. Not as good a view as some of the others, yet comfortable and clean. Best part...no wicked stairs to climb this time. We stayed almost in the heart of this beautifully baroque town, walked and relaxed. visited the town square where we had a cappucino and tried our wireless, which didn't work in the room this morning. ...