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 thorny shell gets cut open with a pair of scissors, and…
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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 into Ortigia, and parking was a real issue, as , so…
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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 that ran through some nice seaside towns; and after a fish…
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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 past of multiple conquerors who brought their own architecture, religion, food,…
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Medellin Part 2 When we got back from Guatape at the Estation del Norte the day before, we saw a tourist info booth and so went to get maps and other simple info, as we had not found a Tourist info place yet. The guy manning the booth spoke perfect English (had lived in Miami),…
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