Food
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Messina!
I have no pictures of arriving in Messina, which probably means it was effortless lol I remember getting off the train, finding our AirBnB on Google Maps and easily walking to it. Messina is so quiet after Catania and Siracusa! We wandered around a bit more, but we had had a long travel day and… Continue reading
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Transition….
Sniff, we are all going our separate ways today… Sam and I are not happy about that whatsoever, but hey it’s been a fantastic week together, and all good things must come to an end? Yikes, I just wasn’t expecting it to end so soon! But we are lucky to have experienced all this together!… Continue reading
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Climbing Catania
This morning we are climbing up to (nearly) the top of this dome! We are up (slightly early by my estimate!) and have some spare time to explore for a bit. We all met up for lunch somewhere… this place was kind of weird but then again most seafood places are Aaaarrrgggg I hate these… Continue reading
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Gourmet Night
Who knew there was a Michelin-starred restaurant in Catania of all places?? Our eldest son Robert, that’s who! We’d been looking forward to this for a while, and tonight’s the night, and even better, he’s treating the whole family! And here we are: Sapio in Catania! After the loud hustle & bustle of the streets,… Continue reading
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Siracusa back to Catania
Slight change of plans, we were supposed to take the train back from Siracusa to Catania, but our wine-tour driver said he’d take us for 25 euros a person, picking us up right at our AirBnB. This allowed us to sidestep schlepping all our stuff to the train station, figuring out the damn train station,… Continue reading
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Last full day in Siricusa
It was the last day but we made the most of it!! That’s the overhead view of the Paolo Orsi Archipelago Museum–wow what a place. Our guidebook hints “it can be a challenging place to visit.” Ya think? Look at this building and try to imagine what a bunch of typical Italians would do with… Continue reading
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Wine Tour Day!
(Notes from Oct 10 2024) Well ya can’t visit Sicily without doing a wine tour! Sam and Robert struggled online quite a bit weeks ago to make this happen, and it was really fun. But it almost didn’t happen: a “driver” was supposed to appear at our AirBnB that morning to pick us up… we… Continue reading
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A day in Ortigia
We all woke up a bit late, so we headed out first thing, starving for lunch. Our lunch place had advertised that they open at 11:15 but when we showed up at 11:30 they said they *really* open at 12:45, so we wandered around the waterfront some more for a bit. This place has been… Continue reading
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More Sights of Catania
While the architecture is still monumental and grand, this place has suffered through the years… haven’t looked up the history yet but our guess is that was heavily bombed during WWII and restoration suffered from lack of money and lack of artisans as well probably. — Edit: turns out it wasn’t lol but a lot… Continue reading