- Ancient sites
- Art
- Day trips
- Entering France
- Festivals
- Fond Farewells
- Food
- Food markets
- Forests-Mountains-Streams
- French B&Bs
- French Chateau
- French Churches
- French Cities
- Friends joining us
- Gardens
- Getting to know the locals
- good beach – sea views
- Guided tours
- Hop on-Hop off
- Italian B&Bs
- Italian Festivals
- Italian Hairdressers
- Italian long stay
- Italian Towns
- Learning to cook the Italian way
- Local History
- Medical Emergencies
- Mountain Roads
- MUSEUM VISITS
- Pretty villages
- Restaurants
- Tourist Town
- Travel
- Travelling through
- Uncategorized
- Visiting friends
SICILY (SICILIA)
SICILY Sicily is a beautiful island, where we stayed in four private B&B’s. We spent a week in this much-serenaded island. As well as its charismatic coast and colourful towns, Sicily has many ancient Greek ruins. (We came across a complete Greek temple, all on its own on a hill – magnificent!) […]
SYRACUSE – QUEEN OF SICILY
7th November: SYRACUSE – CITY OF LIVING HISTORY The next day we visited Syracuse – city of living history. Principally because we love history, Central Syracuse impressed us the most of the whole island of Sicily. In truth – Syracuse (or ‘Siracusa’ as the Italians call it – and it is THEIR city) […]
Journey to Carini
8TH November: JOURNEY TO CARINI – THROUGH GOLDEN AUTUMN LEAVES. We left Tripotello on our fourth morning. We would be staying in Carini, a town just outside Palermo. Our country road crossed the island to the North Coast. It would lead us through a very large forest. My one regret […]
SEGESTA – GENTLY TOUCHED BY TIME
9th November 2016: SEGESTA – MAJESTIC BEAUTY GENTLY TOUCHED BY TIME While in Carini we went to many places: The star for us was SEGESTA. I discovered SEGESTA while still at home, on one of my trollings through the Internet. It is a lonely temple that appears complete – […]
