Ortigia
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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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Travel day to Siracusa
We’re all hitting the sweet spot of the trip by now: we’re pretty much over jet-lag, accustomed to being on the road, and open to random new adventures. Today we leave Catania to take the train down to Siracusa where we have an AirBnB for four nights in the historic part of town–the island of… Continue reading