Back home

Returning home means the end of the holidays, but also a return to everyday life, which is often less strenuous than intensive sightseeing. We say goodbye to Sicily with the hope that we will come back here, because half of the island has not yet been "discovered" by us. Now is the time to plan ou...

Catania at day and night time

Catania is the second largest city in Sicily after Palermo. Surprisingly, although it is situated by the sea, it is clearly visible that the coastal part is not an integral part of the city. It is Mount Etna which can be seen from almost anywhere in the city, makes Catania unique. This volcano flo...

Run Catania

On Sunday at 10:00 a.m., the race started with a slight slippage: “An event that is a party capable of combining running-walking, well-being, fun and solidarity. Corri Catania is a solidarity run-walk open to all, organized every year to promote a solidarity project to be implemented in the area. ...

Two provocateurs at an exhibition in Catania

It was a nice surprise: A museum with an exhibition of works by Andy Warhol and Banksy. If you are interested, I’d refer you to Wikipedia, because it is not my role to promote these artists. For me, the juxtaposition of these two provocateurs is extremely accurate. Despite the difference in genera...

Siracuse and Ortigia

Siracuse. The Italians say Siracusa but we the Poles say Syrakusas The  Italians say Italia but we say Włochy. How patriotic it is! This plural comes from the Latin name Siracusæ .. The next leg of the trip. A nightmare night, because Santa Lucia requires loud celebration until dawn! Our apartmen...

Each country has its legends ...

We arrived in Syracuse in the late afternoon, with the intention of going to bed early after a busy day (11 thousand steps!!). It is one after midnight and it is impossible to sleep, because in the square there is a party that starts some celebrations of the weekend. Terrible noise. So I sit down ...

On the way from Agrigento to Syracuse

Wikipedia did not leave much space to the city called SCICLI: (according to my knowledge of Italian, it is pronounced: schickli. "Scicli - town and commune in the Sicily region, in the province of Ragusa. According to data for 2004, the commune had a population of 25,560 people, 186.6 people / km²....

Monuments of Agrigento

Since breakfast was not included in the price of the "apartment", we went to the city to eat Italian sweets, because nobody here eats anything specific in the morning. What we were served exceeded our expectations. So: café latte, orange juice and sweet rolls filled with chocolate, pistachio cream ...
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