Blogs from Siracusa, Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 2

We are about half way on our tour through Sicily. Our last stop in Armerina we had to park our car in a very small street, very busy with trough fare traffic. In the morning I was flabbergast to find the car back without a scratch. Quickly the luggage back in the boot and of we went. On the way to Siracusa. The roads were very bad. Lots of pot holes and broken up shoulders. Very heavy loaded trucks that stopped us from making progress. We stopped at a very big service station that even had an automatic car wash. Well if you could have seen our car, unbelievable. Full of pigeon shit when we parked in this small street. They should tell those birds to leave tourist cars alone. Anyway the car wash cleaned most ... read more

After a late start (busy people-watching from the balcony) we were on the road using the Garmin as our guide. Everything was going great except the roads were getting narrower and narrower and signs were showing places we'd never heard of. Ross and I have come to rely on Garmin's wisdom but not so for our driver. He was facing major S curves, potholes, asphalt breaking away to the right on the cliffs - the rest of us were enamoured of the great scenery and I was continually snapping pics. After we passed a cow within inches I tried locating us on the Google Earth map. There we were a little dot way up in the mountains not on the 116 but actually heading towards it. Our goal was Randozza for lunch but we were out ... read more

Gelato of the day - GMB - Zuppa Inglese(Italian for English Soup)the ice cream had slivers of crystalised fruit. Our hosts were ready with our breakfast after we had had a good nights sleep although the shower had again proved to be a challenge with the same set up as the previous night and the hot water appeared to run out. Despite what we thought were the usual thick walls between rooms Gretchen reckoned she heard all the action from our neighbouring room although I slept through it all.Perhaps her next door was just a noisy sleeper. Mt Etna revealed more of herself this morning and we got more photos before the cloud came acrossAt 3323m above sea level it dictates the weather in the area. However she was all quiet overnight and no sign of ... read more

Geo: 37.0851, 15.273 We left Trapani on Monday morning and headed for Agrigento. Saw lots of farms along the way as we were inland. We found our hotel pretty easily, as some people said it was hard to find. Bonney, the GPS, took us straight to it. We checked in and then headed out to view the Greek temples and the museum that are in the area. We went to the valley of the temples and walked about 2 miles the first to the last one. They were built between 510 and 430 BC. The best one was the Temple of Concordia, which was the most complete. It was missing the roof, other wise it was in good condition, considering that it was 2500 years old! After walking around the temples, we went back to the ... read more

Geo: 37.0665, 15.2843 GUN 35 GUNLERDEN ÇARŞAMBA : Sabah bir hevesle Syracusa için yola açtık… Rahat bir yol sonunda, Syracusa 'ya vardık . Kampımızı deli gibi arıyoruz.. İşaret yok hiçbir yerde hiç bir belirti yok … Dön baba dönelim ....arıyoruz tarıyoruz … Kampı bulamıyoruz bir türlü.. İşin kötüsü ,sorduklarımız da bilmiyor.. Bu arada açıklamakta yarar var .. Sicilya'da halkta bir cevvaliyet göremiyorsunuz .. Bizim Orta Anadolu durgunluğu hakim. Bir şey soruyorsunuz ....yanıt belirgin bir süre geçtikten sonra geliyor. Ve genellikle en başında "bana mı sordu" hayretini görüyorsunuz gözlerde. Bir kaç turdan sonra ,Ayşe yolda yürüyen bir kadına sormaya karar veriyor.. Hiç umudum yok ....fakat birden bire bir mucize gerçekleşiyor ve kadın "beni izleyiniz diyor" .. Nasıl Yani ? Kadın önde y... read more