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Land Ahoy!
Trapani, Sicily. After our horrendous night at sea and hangover as a result of my little blue pill, (not alcohol) we ventured ashore after our late arrival into port. The skies were cloudy and the wind penetrated every part of us as we tried to navigate our way around this quaint old town, with it's baroque facades and lacy Gothic rose windows that adorn the churches and other ...
Would you like wine with dinner?
... restaurant perched on a bluff overlooking the sea. Spectacular view. Absolutely spectacular. After taking numerous photos of the view and of each other we settled down for an amazing seafood lunch. The antipasti platter included everything that swims, slithers or just sits in the sea: Shrimp, fish, octopus, squid, urchin, and mussels. All amazingly fresh and tasty. We ate, we talked, we laughed and we forgot about time and the fact that ...
Marsala and Erice
Nataly drops us off in Marsala for a couple of hours. Marsala is built around a photogenic Baroque old quarter of churches, palazzi and tabacceria. It's noted as the starting point of Garibaldi's war to unite Italy as one nation in 1860 and for its sweet wine, that we never manage to taste for ...
Friends in Marsala
... palms and olive trees, we find Nataly's eldest daughter at riding school, trotting around a sandy course being doused with water to stop it blowing away. The wind is even stronger here. If it's not the sirocco, it's another just as powerful.
We collect Michelle and Nataly's other daughters and head outside town to family ...
Zingaro National Park
... the site of a megolithic tomb. A pair of Russian visitors practise tightrope walking between a pair of trees here. An easier cycle ride back gets us back to San Vito for the inauguration of the annual Couscous Festival. After a tiresome introduction of chef contributors and listing of sponsors, the show is on. We skip the main act (a name we don't know) for the side streets.
32 varieties ...