Sporting Club Cefalu
Contrada Mazzaforno 1 Cefalu, Sicily, 90015, Italy
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The Best City Camp in Sicily
Today began my last camp this summer, and the camp director claims it's "The best city camp in all of Sicily." The camp is taking place at a resort with a luxuriously large swimming pool that we get to swim in twice a day, and our lunch consists of the same food the regular guests enjoy. It's fantastic! On the unfortunate side, there's little space free from distraction to work with the children on their English, but they're having fun and are crazy for the pool!
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Francu u' Piscaturi
Today I learned the lesson never to leave "home" in your "lounge wear" and without your camera. Laura and I ventured out to find a quick snack around noon, expecting to be out for only twenty minutes or so. However, on our way there our camp director, Giuseppe, saw us and flagged us down. He convinced us to join him on his errands and promised to take us to lunch. So, a new adventure ensued and after lunch we ended up in Porticello, a small fishing village where we saw ...
Possibly My Favorite Place in Sicily...
Cefalu is beautiful!!! My host brother, Paolo, took Laura and I there today and it's just spectacular. It's a little fishing village popular among tourists, but it's clear why! There's a cool church built by a Sicilan king to honor God after he survived a shipwreck. The beaches are sandy and the water is clear and blue. The shopping is cute and interesting. And, it's in the shadow of La Rocca (the rock).
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Quanti anni hai?
... and see if it’s owners would be kind enough to let us go down the slide. Laura got close to the boat first and asked, in English, if we could try it. A woman onboard said, in perfect English, “I don’t speak English” and a confusing conversation ensued. Finally, she realized we wanted to go down the slide so she said we could if we went quickly!
When we got back to the beach, we were walking along trying to figure out where Rita was when this ...
No Work, All Play
... up in Altavilla, but studied in Palermo and said he knows every church in Palermo, but had never been able to go in this particular church.
After our wedding crashing, Giuseppe took us for gelato! All Sicilians say food, especially gelato, is better in Southern Italy and Sicily. I’m not sure if I can verify this statement just yet, but I had watermelon, anguria in Italian, gelato and it was delicious! It even had little pieces of chocolate meant to look like seeds!
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