June 7, 2024 Today I have a beautiful nature reserve for my morning walk! The view is spectacular, the birds are singing and the weather is cool. A nice break from the chaos of the city! After breakfast outside we boarded the coach for a short drive to the ruins of Villa Romana del Casale. …
Sicily – Overland to Piazza Armerina
June 6, 2024 Today we leave the west coast of Sicily and make the long journey inland toward Sicily’s center. To break up our drive, we’stoped at the UNESCO-protected site of the Valley of Temples, situated just outside the city of Agrigento. Agrigento was once the Greek city of Akragas, one of the most culturally …
Sicily – Museo del Sale, Mothya and Cooking Class
June 5, 2024 A beautiful sunrise while walking the coast was a promise of another day exploring Sicily! Back in the coach we are headed to Museo del Sale, a semi-working salt museum in the province of Trapani. To get to Trapani we drove through a windmill-dotted landscape set against dramatic mountains. At the museum, …
Sicily – Mazara del Vallo
June 4,2924 Sunrise and a walk by the ocean is a perfect way to start the day!! Today we explored the UNESCO-protected city of Mazara. Jaka, our tour guide knows everyone so we are greeted along the way to the Kasbah by his friend who performed a rap song for us. As we strolled though …
Sicily – Journey to Mazara del Vallo
June 3,2024 As the sun rose I did a final walk around Palermo to reflect on my adventures in the city. It has been an interesting few days and I am ready to experience more of Sicily! We checked out of our hotel and began driving to Mazara del Vallo. Along the way, we made …
Sicily – Castelbuono
June 2, 2024 My early morning adventure was walking down to the old port where the fishing boats are docked. What a peaceful way to start what was scheduled to be an active day. Water always calms my soul. We are driving east to the Madonie Mountains to enjoy A Day in the Life of …
Sicily – Palermo
June 1, 2024 I was anxious to explore the city in the early morning so I headed out towards the ocean and was treated to a spectacular sunrise1. As I walked along the main road on the coast I encountered a line of cars with belonging strapped to the roof and people sleeping in the …
Goodbye Rome, Hello Sicily!
May 31,2024 In the misty rain I did a walkabout to revisit my favorite sites in Rome. In the quiet of the morning before the chaos of the tourist I reflected on the history of this city. The colosseum with the violence of the gladiators that was considered entertainment!, the Roman ruins that represents the …
Rome – History and Food
May 29, 2024 Today I am going to explore inside the Colosseum! I headed out early to get to the meeting spot for my tour but I ran into trouble when I could not find it using google maps. I reset it 5 times and still could not find the right spot so I made …
Rome – Vatican, Vespa and Cooking
May 28, 2024 The sky is bright blue and it’s raining, not sure how that happens but I am headed out for what is schedule to be a very busy day! I head to the Vatican Museum where I have booked a ticket to skip the line right when the museum opens because it gets …