The Island 2024
Flags at the Island Ferry Dock

The Island 2024

July is always a great month, not just because it's the month of my birth, but also because it's the time when Island Fever sweeps the country and happy people everywhere head to that friendly place North of the Tension…

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Arrivederci Sicilia
The Fountain in the Piazzetta Viviano in Terrasini

Arrivederci Sicilia

We would be leaving Sicily on an early flight out of Falcone Borsellino Airport, west of Palermo. Since that's located several hours from Santo Stephano di Camastra, we decided to move closer to the airport the day before. We took…

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Ceramics by the Sea
Colorful ceramics cover this fountain in Santo Stefano di Camastra

Ceramics by the Sea

As I've mentioned before, Santo Stefano di Camastra is a relatively small town. And yet, it is one of three Sicilian towns celebrated for their ceramics, the other two being Caltagirone and Sciacca. According to an article in Italy Magazine,…

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The Genes in my Jeans
View of the the Tyrrhenian Sea from Santo Stefano di Camastra

The Genes in my Jeans

We ate a quiet breakfast, packed our bags, and prepared to leave Palermo and the rest of the Road Scholar Treasures of Sicily participants. When we had first met two weeks before, the Group Leader, Enrico Nucci, asked each of…

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Food for the Body, Food for the Soul
Palermo Street Market

Food for the Body, Food for the Soul

Saturday morning -- a great time for a walk through one of Palermo's boisterous street markets. We headed over to the Ballarò Market, the oldest, most authentic and largest of the markets in Palermo. This market originated in the 10th century…

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Up to the Mountaintop, Down to the Sea
The Trapani Gate to the Village of Erice

Up to the Mountaintop, Down to the Sea

It's about 73 miles by road from Palermo to Erice (EH-ree-cheh), but some of it's a hilly winding road so it takes about a couple of hours to drive there. That's long enough to make a rest stop along the…

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Churches and more Churches
Palatine Chapel

Churches and more Churches

After two temple-touring days, we left the Greeks behind and made our way to Palermo, the capitol of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The Greeks never conquered Palermo and it only began to…

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Temples and more Temples
The Temple of Concordia

Temples and more Temples

From the garden behind our hotel in Agrigento, we could see a Greek temple, the Temple of Concordia. This was the first of many temples we would see over the next two days. The Temple of Concordia Valley of the…

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Villa Romana del Casale
Vestibule of the Baths

Villa Romana del Casale

We packed our bags. It was time to move on from Siracusa. On our way to the bus we passed a portrait on a fence near the hotel. I had not seen this style of portrait before. The entire image…

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