Trip: 2023 Apr/May: Palermo; Agrigento; Piazza Amerina; Ragusa; Siracusa; Catania; Taormina; Cefalù

April/May 2023 trip: Palermo, Agrigento, Piazza Amerina, Ragusa, Siracusa, Catania, Taormina, and Cefalù
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Circling around Sicily, Italy.

Sicily Ends in Palermo

The title of this entry notwithstanding, I hope Sicily will be eternal. Of course, it can’t be. Nothing is eternal. If my understanding of the...

Back in Palermo

As the late, great Harry Chapin (1942 – 1981) sang, all my life’s a circle. And, speaking of circles, here I am back where I...

La Rocca, And More

Today, I got high. As you probably guessed from the title of this entry, or if you know me even the slightest, I didn’t do...

Taormina in the Rain

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...

Mount Etna, Et Al

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,...

Catania

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...

Siracusa Mainland

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...

Ortigia (Siracusa)

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,...

Ragusa Ilba (Mostly)

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...