Blogs from Cefalù, Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 3

Balade en Europe cet été, avec un retour aux sources pour Flo, un voyage initiatique pour Greg.... Basés à San Mauro Castelverde, centre du monde diront certains, nous avons pu rayonner dans les alentours de cefalu, Palerme, sur la cote et dans les terres avec Angelo, Tatou, Vince, Camille, Zio Antonio, Zia Anna, Francesca e Michaela nel Camperrrr ! Sans oublier il cugino de la zia de pepe Giovanni.....du village de Pollina, perché sur les hauteurs et balayé par ce petit vent frais (oui, la temperature est importante pour les Siciliens, attention au Scirocco) Admirez la beauté des petits villages, de la côte, des tablées familiales, de la petite maison Mazzone rénovée et de sa vue imprenable ! Bon voyage ! Ciao (bla bla bla) Ciao (bla bla bla bla bla) Ciao (bla bla bla bla ... read more

Chapter 22 Cefalu - On top of the world (and some very dead people) The receptionist had recommended Cefalu as a good place for a day trip, but Maya first wanted to see the Capuchin monks’ catacombs just off the Piazza Indipendenzia. Three buses later, they reached the house of the dead. Martin had been a little reserved about seeing dead people on display, not so much because they were dead but the fact that they were on display. A monk in traditional attire let them into the crypt. The tombs were originally for the Capuchin monks, the first of whom was entombed in 1599. Over the years they were joined by professionals, women, nobility and children until the last person to be placed there was in 1920; a young girl called Rosalia. The doctor who ... read more