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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!
... saw his travel log, he knew that Columbus had reached a new land and gave it his own name.
Nuccio also told me a great story about the origin of "ciao." In medieval Venice in order to avoid a fight with a stranger, you would say, "Io sonno tu sciavo", I am your slave. But in Venetian dialect, the hard c sound of sciavo is pronounce shiavo. This inevitably was shortened to just ciao.
It was nice to be part of the family before embarking on the next phase of ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... now continues from Catania, past Siracusa, to Rosolini almost at the south-eastern tip of Sicily, so we were there in only a little over an hour from Messina. An even greater shock was that they are building a 4-lane highway between Siracusa and Floridia, where Dad and I come from. I have driven the old narrow country road hundreds of times as it winds it's way up from the coast through the citrus groves to Floridia 12kms away, and I'm not ...
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 a place recommended by our host and it was great...more raviolis and ignocci. We are on a kick! Who has the best in the land! The streets were windy, but not as bad as some of the other places we have visited, but we certainly did get lost trying to leave for Siracusa. Poor Lloyd. He will be so glad when this driving madness is over. From Noto, we decided to go to the Vendicare Reserve on the way to Siracusa. A lovely place where birds migrate ...
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