A Luxury .,.
... having an apartment with a kitchen was nice, even though we didn't actually cook anything. The beauty of Italian cuisine is that you don't even need to cook to have an amazing meal - melon with prosciutto (though not as good as the plate we had in Scilla), a caprese salad with the most amazing tomatoes and mozzarella di bufala, some bresaola, fontina cheese, and an incredible little jar of pistachio pesto, which we slathered on slices of bread. The highlight was probably the caprese, because the tomatoes were so sweet and flavourful, and because when we asked the lady at the fruit stand if she had any basil, she simply tore off several leaves from her basil plant and tossed them in our bag. Doesn't get any fresher than that! The bottle of Dissan from Macedonia turned out to be a nice pairing, though it ended up being a light meal to go with a fairly intense red.
Vomitus Domitus
July 16th 2012 Geo: 38.4674, 14.9539One train and two ferries, making for a long day to get to Lipari - even worse, the hydrofoil from Messina to Lipari was a very rough ride, making it impossible to read, let alone sleep, as we were jostled about. Seasickness was also a big problem, with a number of passengers becoming ill enough to request the staff to provide plastic bags for their vomit. Luckily, neither
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