Palermo

Last night on the terrace

[Jan. 2024] We stayed in Palermo, Sicily, Italy for about 10 days, and this was our last night here. The Rinascente department store chain was located near the Airbnb where we were staying, and we…

Syracuse

Ice cream for breakfast?

[ Aug.2022 ] In the morning in Syracuse in the southeastern part of Sicily, Italy, we went out for an Italian breakfast, croissants and cappuccino. The Airbnb where we stayed was in the new town,…

Sicily

The town I want to visit again

[ July, 2017 ] During our holiday in the south of Sicily in Italy, we visited Modica after Scicli. This is another town of ‘Late Baroque Towns of Val di Noto’, the Unesco World Heritage…

Sicily

Ragusa at night

[ July 2017 ] The town of Marina di Ragusa in the south of Sicily in Italy is a holiday resort whose population increase nearly 20 times in the summer. We stayed in this town…

Sicily

Gelato and Duomo

[ July 2017 ] I continue talking about our tour in Ragusa, the town in the south of Sicily in Italy. The last stop was in the square in front of Garden Ibleo (Giardini Iblei)…

Italy

Orange salad

[june 2012] At lunch time, I went into a restaurant, just next to the fish market in Catania, Sicily. Of course the fresh sea-foods were excellent, but for me the orange salad was amazing. This…

Catania

The market which sells snails

[june 2012] This is a box of snails I saw in Catania, the second biggest city in Sicily, south Italy. They are all alive and wiggle continuously. In this market, mainly sea-foods were sold, but…