Joel's Journeys & Jaunts

The train from Catania to Taormina took an hour. I don’t know how much faster it would have been if it hadn’t made a dozen...

My main activity today was a half-day bus tour to Mount Etna. Yes, that Mount Etna. Yup, it’s still considered an active volcano. And, yes,...

This morning, I rode a train from Siracusa for just over an hour to the next destination on this Sicilian trip, Catania. Having arrived in...

Today, I spent the day on mainland Siracusa, visiting sites all located within about a ten-minute walking radius of my hotel. Sadly, I didn’t make...

Before I get into this post on Ortigia, I need to correct something that might have been misleading in yesterday’s post. There, I said that,...

Today I drove from Ragusa to Siracusa, with stops in Modica (which autocorrect insists should be Monica) and Scicli (which autocorrect threw up its hands...

Today, I spent most of the day walking to, from, and around Ragusa Ilba, and eating lunch there. My hotel is in Ragusa Superiore, about...

Today took me from Piazza Amerina to Ragusa, with a stop along the way. Obviously, today didn’t take me there. Days just sort of linger...

This morning, I picked up a car to drive to the Roman ruins of Villa Romana del Casale. From there, I drove to the nearby...

My plan for today consisted solely of hanging out in Agrigento. I am pleased and proud to report that I achieved my objective. This is...