I finally got there and it didn't disappoint. If I go back again then I'll probably base myself in one place and travel round as I haven't quite seen it all😆 I would go back to Palermo because I didn't see enough of the city and also Cefalù and Noto. The vineyards where we had …
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Day 10 of 10 – going home day😫
So this was our last evening together 😪 Trish sent me the fish restaurant photo So I've landed and I've been 1.5 hours on the M25! Have to drop off in Oxford before me😫😫 I've had a lovely holiday but travelling home is a real pain😭 So arrivederci from Sicily. I'll go back again at …
Day 9 of 10 – Etna 😊
We're praying that it doesn't rain today! Sooo back to the Mafia. Giovanni Falcone and Pablo Borsellino were prosecuting Magistrates. Falcone was famous for the Maxi trials, where there were 475 ish defendants. He sentenced over 300 of them. They were both assignated within a month of each other, by the Mafia, in 1972. Falcone …
Day 8 of 10 – tour of Taormina then free time!
Soooo. Very silly of me.. I never showed you my room for the next 3 nights. It's not too bad. The hotel has a pool😊 Taormina.. This is a submarine apparently Narrowest Street in Taormina. There's a restaurant at the top and if you eat too much then you won't get back down again as …
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Day 7 of 10 – Giardini Naxos via Valley of Temples and Piazza Amerina
So ooo the fish from the previous night was Dorada! So the valley of temples is in Agrigento which is another place that Mussolini changed the name of🤷🏻♀️ Temple of Juno Another sacrificial alter for animals offered up to Zeus On route to next temple Almond TREE. Who knew🤦🏻♀️ Graves Monuments to people who lost …
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Day 6 of 10 – Agrigento via Trapani, Erice and Selinunte
It's going to be another long day! Last night's food and drink Black Russian And fish I'd never heard of because they'd run out of salmon 🤦🏻♀️ Oh and our tour manager Tom Trapani to see some salt pans 🤦🏻♀️ Then to Erice And then rather oddly a mist came across🤷🏻♀️ More Arangina this time …
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Day 5 of 10 – Tour of Palermo and then Monreale
So... food photos from last night. More traditional Italian food No idea what this was except it had like spaghetti hoops in it. It was very nice. There was another course which was veal which I didn't like so didn't take a photo of 😢😆 So I'm half way through the holiday and I really …
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Day 4 of 10 – Palermo via Enna and Cefalù
Another full day today. Information overload again! The only thing I remember about Enna was that it wasn't always called Enna! Mussolini changed it from Castrogiovanni for some reason I can't recall but I'll Google it. Enna up on a hill 930 metres above sea level. Not as high as Cuzco!😆 Self serve pharmacy! Cefalù …
Day 3 of 10 – Noto, Modica and Ragusa
First off last night's obligatory Aperol Spritz! And no food photos just the menu! And very nice it was too. Budget Airline (BA) could learn a thing or two from this hotel🤣 I'll be back later after our full day Soooo first Noto which was really nice.. And then to Ragusa where Inspector Montalbano was …
Day 2 of 10 Syracusa UPDATED
So now it's daylight.... the hotel.. Winston Churchill stayed here apparently 😊 Tiramasu for breakfast anyone! Didn't want to get up this morning 😫 It's going to be a good day so will be back later with photos😍 So today we went to Siracuse not with a 'y' and Ortigia which I think is an …
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