Bulgaria Sept 2009 I had a business trip to Sofia, Bulgaria, & Dilshad had come with me, so planned a few days touring of Bulgaria after completing the work assignment; We started in Sofia, and rented a car for this purpose, and drove into southern Bulgaria to explore some interesting areas. Sofia itself is an…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily 1: Catania, Sicily Took a trip to Sicily; one of those places on my bucket list. We flew from Dallas to Rome on American Airlines, and then took Alitalia from Rome to Catania in Sicily. So the island of Sicily has a tumultuous…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily-2: Taormina, Torre Faro & Castelmola, Sicily Next day, after breakfast, we picked up our friends from Catania airport, & drove from Catania to the outskirts of Taormina, where we were going to be staying next few nights. We drove along the coastal road…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Siracusa Next day, we drove to Syracuse (called Siracusa in Sicily). Siracusa is another old fortified town, and the original town was built on the island of Ortigia; and we were staying on this island of Ortigia, at the B&B Globetrotter Siracusa. We drove…
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This post is part of a series called Sicily Oct 2017 Sicily 4 – Agrigento We walked from our B&B in Siracusa over to the parked car. On the way, we had to cross the fish and vegetable market that was just starting to come to life. Saw the way sea-urchins get processed; the exterior…
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