6 - 7 April 2017
After picking up Hanna at the Catania Airport around noon, we departed for Catania. We arrived there in time to eat dinner after checking into our abode, and go back to the abode for some rest.
Picture here is our first real Sicilian pizza - some good pizza.
Picture here is our first real Sicilian pizza - some good pizza.
The next morning checked out a morning market for some breakfast munchies and to see how the locals get their fresh food.
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Then onto sites around Syracuse (Syracusa if you're Italian).
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And then we walked out to the far end of the island part of town and checked out some preserved fortifications.
Sights around the fort.
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Back towards the center of town - local sports fisherman. We watched a guy reel in a starfish.
A well deserved snack...or two...
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Followed by a visit to Syracuse's Cathedral. As we learned time and again, Christian cathedrals were often built upon sites of previous Roman constructions. This particular Cathedral not only built itself upon a Roman site, but also incorporated much of the previous temple structure.
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Continuing our narrated walking tour, we found ourselves at another Piazza (Plaza).
This fountain was just one block from our apartment.
Finally dinner time. Fried seafood appetizer. For the main, tonight is pasta since last night was pizza.
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Finishing with a shot of limoncello...Hanna just took a little sip then passed the rest off to Gerri.
Tim enjoyed the walk back past a fishing boat marina.
Tim meet Tim - "TIM" is a communications company we see all over Italy.
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