Greetings from Sicily!
Laura Massoni
This is what I would have wrote this week but due to some unexpected circumstances I have to cancel my trip and stay home! SICILY HAS TO WAIT!!!
I was really looking forward to fly into Palermo, Punta Raisi airport and see with my own eyes how this well known airport in our San Diego’s Italian community looks like.
A lot of my Sicilian clients tell me that it is far away from the city and not very convenient for those early flights out to Rome or Milan, a necessary stop to come back to the United States.
Upon my arrival in Palermo, Agrigento the Camera di Commercio organization would have picked me (and other 10 people) up with a minibus to take us to our Hotel Colleverde in Agrigento. This hotel has a beautiful view of the valley of the Temples and the Mediterranean sea. Sicily has the same climate as San Diego with a little more humidity. This area of Sicily is ideal for history and food lovers and it is of great interest to those people that love old world tradition (ME!!!).
During the week long trip we would have visited local food producers, Agriturismi (working hotel/farms) and cities like Sciacca and once Greece’s Temples, now Valley of the Temples and beautiful Villa Athena hotel.
There is so much to do in Sicily, there is Holy Week’s traditions, The Godfather’s film steps, the Barocco’s cities, Aeolian island cruises and of course many more, there are also daily excursions like Etna’s Volcano, Saline’s exploration in Trapani, a fishing day trip with the old Sicilian methods and of course lots of restaurant and food options. Because Sicily was conquered by many, the Vikings, the Greeks, the Arabs to name few, there is a numerous diversity in the food and customs that cannot be found anywhere else in Italy.
So…what are you waiting for…come to Sicily with us next time. Maybe it is the right time for all of us!
Laura 619- 255-6165
March 26th, 2011 at 9:33 am
Ciao Laura!
We started going to Italy about every year a few years ago, and now are up to one-month stays. Last year, northern Italy meeting people with our last name whom we’ve friended on Facebook. While we have not found any direct relatives, my father-in-laws hometown has adopted us to be sure!
We are going back this Fall to meet again.
NEXT year: Sicily! To find MY family! I’ll be happy to learn all I can between now and then. I’m currently reading “That Summer In Sicily”!
March 15th, 2012 at 3:47 am
Man beside to my opinion simply just mentioned straight into their cellular phone “You found me in the middle of the hoagie. ” He’s resting. He is not inside a plastic.
April 27th, 2013 at 7:14 am
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