Blogs from Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 38

hallo to everybody It's my first time her and I hope to become good at using it I'm a tourist guide in the south east of Sicily, so mostly I travel staying at home and working with people coming here from all over the world here I'll try to give you my Sicily! Ciaoooo A presto!... read more

Napels- Sicilie 1 mei 2008 Om kwart voor 4 staan we op en om 5 uur zijn we op Schiphol. Na een goede vlucht landen we iets na 9 uur op Napels. Een half uurtje later zijn we op weg naar het zuiden om de pont te pakken naar Sicilië. De pont bij Reggio de Calabria. Dit is zo’n 500 km rijden, Het weer is goed, zonnig en niet te warm. Het is een mooi tocht over veel hoge en lage bruggen , heel veel tunnels, vaak zijn ze aan de weg bezig, maar het rijdt goed door. Het is een lange tocht maar het is afwisselend, door dorpjes, over heuvels, langs citroen- en sinasappels plantages dan veel langs velden vol olijfbomen. We drinken veel cappuccino en eten af en toe en half broodje. Om ... read more

Before embarking on my 10-day road trip through Sicily, I was warned that I would most likely gain 5 kilos since Sicilian food is known to be rich, irresistibly delicious, and plentiful. The traditional dishes I was encouraged to try were pasta alla norma, which is pasta with ricotta and eggplant sauce, la cassata, a traditional ricotta cake from Palermo, pane con la milza, a sandwich made with "variety meat", and of course the standard arancini, large fried balls containing rice, sauce, and meat, and for breakfast la granita served with a hot bun. I had tried arancini several times since they're everywhere and super cheap and I had already sampled pasta alla norma in Cefalu, la granita near Messina, and since I had no interest in trying pane con la milza, la cassata was the ... read more

This is my first entry as an official travel blogger! Previous blogs can be viewed on my Blogspot site: After having already visited much of the East Coast of Sicily including Messina, Taormina, Catania, and Siracusa, my friendly guide, and friend, Teo and I decided to head inland to check out the well-known mosaics of the Roman villa located near Piazza Armerina. However, our sense of adventure lead us first to the Archaic Greek ruins of Megara Hyblaea, which turned out to be rather difficult to locate but well worth the struggle. Megara Hyblaea was established in the 8th century B.C. around the same time as Naxos. The city thrived until its destruction in 483 B.C. by Gelon of Syracuse. While this site is very much in ruins and in need of restoration, it is particularly ... read more

fantastic lipari.profumed mediteranean island.got leather,smokinnew mpe,4gb. smokin,beer,brasil rythems,lookin at cliffshistoric center,sailn seagulls,inhalin life,inhalin good feelin. 3rd morn.tourists,but sold nothin so far. 4th morn.tent,smoke,beer.still no sale,not dion good handicraft.now:work leather.xperimentatin.always xperimentatin.no,not truth.doin also comercial stuff, many.or if xperiment sucessfull comercialise. no romantic,no artist.hm 5th day.sold 50.mp3,church,smokin. vulcano sold 48,found 20 on road is 68.vulcano is small tourisattown,tourists come cos muddy hotspring.when nighttime,hotspring closed, i jump in. camp on blacksand beach.strong night,heavy wind, rain. had much hope 2 make big money here,but police came makin big problem.had 2 leave. ferry 2 salina.camp.night strong wind n rain. a big church, smokin,drinkin.no its not sacrilegiouswaht am doin. oppos... read more