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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!
... 2-7, ace=1, queen=8, jack=9, king=10
deal each player 3 cards and place 4 in the middle, face up
pick up like cards or add them up to pick up with a card in your hand (if there's an ace and a 5, pick up with your 6, but if there are two 4's and a queen, you must pick up the queen first)
first player with 12 points wins. scoring:
over 21 cards= 1 point
scopa (clearing the board)= 1 point
gold 7= 1 point
most 7's= 1 point
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Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... in 5 weeks. Dad has 2 sisters alive: one is 97 and lives in Matera, and the other is 88 and lives in Siracusa. Both of his older brothers, and an older sister have died. On my mother's side, only her twin brother is alive, though in poor health, and lives in Siracusa. My mother's youngest sister is also alive, and she lives in Melbourne.
We had a reasonably comfortable flight with Emirates to Rome, where my cousin and his partner met us at ...
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 ...
Ode to GRANITA!!!!!
... fell in love. The sour lemon taste tingled her tastebuds and the cool icy texture quenched her thirst. Tiana then tried a sip, expecting a plain old slushie and was blown away by the wonderful obscurity of the taste. She bought one instantaneously, and was graced by the overwhelming desire to have one everyday. M So we did. The next day before returning to the bus for our trip to Sicily we consumed one of these breathtaking refreshments. The next day after a tiring ...
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- Room service
- Restaurant
- Swimming pool
- Free High-Speed Internet
- Fitness/Health center
- Wheelchair accessibility