Sicily Guide

In spite of this season’s scarce harvest, Sicilian wine producers have reasons to cheer up. Two Sicilian wines are the best in Italy in the categories of red and sweet wines and fifteen get the Tre Bicchieri 2007 wine award. Not bad for wines that were considered only bulk wines until a few years ago!
Here is the official list of […]

I do not follow soccer (except for the World Cup and the Euro Cup), but news like this makes me happy.
A last minute winner from Fabrizio Miccoli sent AC Milan to their first defeat of the season as they crashed to a 2-1 loss away to Palermo on Wednesday.
Read more at Sportbox.tv

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Carmen Consoli performed in Central Park in New York, at the Delacorte Theater, on Tuesday September 25. The concert, part of a two-week series organized by the Joe’s Pub in Central Park, also included the performances by Luciana Souza and Morley. Carmen, a talented singer originally from Catania, brought a little bit of Sicily in […]

Sicily has it all: good weather, beaches, archeological sites, culture and much more. Tourism should be a natural thing. However, everybody I talked to complained a decrease of this year arrivals.
When I arrived in Catania, I must admit that the new airport looked fabulous to me. As soon as I was out, I noticed that they […]

According to Julie Besonen on the NY Daily News, Sicily is sensational…
Sicily made me fall in love with Italy all over again. Though I’d heard raves about the food, every meal - indeed, every morsel I ate - exceeded my expectations. The island’s fat, green and brown olives burst with juice. Sweet, plump oranges are […]

Finally, I got to meet Sharon from Respiri di Vita blog! I wish I had more time to meet with some other wonderful bloggers I am keeping in touch with.
 
Sharon on the left and her husband on the right.

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The mafia is a real presence in Sicily. And the British media keeps reminding us of it, as if we did not know…
[…] The Real Godfather took you to the Sicily you just don’t see as a tourist. The success of the director Benito Montorio’s film was due largely to its having a plot: the capture […]

After about a couple of months my parents adopted this kitten, I met him finally! His name is Ciro in honor of my sister who lives in Napoli.

isn’ he cute?

I am at the airport. Every time I leave, it is a strange feeling. I will be at “home” after eight months. Long time for some, short time for others. I guess it depends on the way you look at things. I will have a long layover in Rome before heading south, but I am […]