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Sicilia!
April 16, driving around Syracuse: to Modica, Noto and to eat!
Noto's Duomo
Crazy Baroque sicilian style
The best Sicilian Gelati (Costanzo's in Noto)
Donna approves of the rose and lemon varieties
rossa and limone
James has his Mandarin orange and strawberry
Chocolate and pistachio and almond ( this was my second!) To see all flavors>> go here
Costanzo's featured more than Gelato...
Amazing Baroque balconies in Noto / Mikro as dogoyle
Noto
April 14, 15 Around Syracuse
The medieval entry to the city Porta Marina
Sunset on Foro Italico in Syracuse
The Duomo in Syracuse incorporates a Greek temple from 530 B.C./ Norman arches cut into the cella wall of the temple
The fort on the tip of the island (Frederick II) started 632 A.D.
12th century church / repaired 16th C.
how long has it been since we mentioned food? We ate fish or seafood EVERY night in Siciliy.
The city's freshwater well that has Papyrus growing in it, the mythical birthplace of the Greek colony
a small Greek theater on the outskirts ( we are trying to see them all!)
The theater's stage is now flooded
April 13: Safely across the ENTIRE Island! we arrive in Syracuse
We arrive Syracuse and have a sweet B&B on the water....
ancient walls around Greek Theater in Palazzolo Acreide (originally built in 3rd Cent . BC)
April 13 on our way to Syracuse (Siracusa)> Caltagirone and the 142 ceramic faced steps of La Scala (South East interior)
Apr. 11. Piazza Armerina (South central Sicilia)
Piazza Armerina's amazing mosaicas
an emperors's Villa buried for 700 years under a mud slide = incredible Imperial age (386-305 AD) mosaic floors
The "interior"
Driving across the country to the south from Palermo
Donna discovers the world's smallest flowers in the Sicily countryside
Apr. 10. Agrigento (SW Sicilia)
View down into "the valley of the temples" from Agrigento
Agrigento's valley of the temples (4 of them)
The temples of Agrigento
Apr.10. Palermo
Our introduction to "Sicilian Baroque" of Santa Caterina
An amazing contrast: These two churches one ornately Byzantine (L) and one starkly Norman ( details below )
Norman chapel of San Cataldo (12th Century)
12th century mosaics (center group) of La Martorana 1143
Palermo's noah's ark of fountains of Piazza Pretoria (these are two of four sides!)
Morning in Palermo's Markets
April10, We arrive 6 am (dark!) and this the teatro at first light
Apr. 9th (straight from the dinner table!) Leaving Salerno by Ferry to Palermo
Easter dinner with Giancarlo's family (day after easter - Pasqueta)
Amazing meal with our new friends that rented os the great cottage!
a glimpse of Pompeii
March 24 - April 7
Our cottage home "Pietra Serica" ( in Pioppi, Campania - South of Salerno)
The view of the cottage from above ( that's our orange rental car too)
The side and flowering gardens of our temporary home (lemons, rosemary, lavender, cactus, succulants and figs)
We have seen all kinds of weather, sunny, warm days, fires in the fireplace on cool evenings - even the rain is beautiful!
Hiking in between the hill towns of Pollica and Celso ( Pollica above)
Our neighboring port Acciaroli (below)
Harbor and waterfront of Acciaroli - the closest village ( 10 curvy minutes )
March 29
After 5 days at the cottage, we drove for 90 minutes North to the Salerno then up the Amalfi Coast
The view from Villa in Ravello
March 24 the Drive to cottage in Pioppi / stop in Paestum
Carcioffi ( articokes on the way south to Paestum and 2 weeks on Campania coast)
The largest and most complete Greek temple in Europe 450 B.C. (temple to Neptune, Paestum)
Just for scale- we are about ten yards in front of the fence
Donna gets brought down to size looking at Temple to Ceres
Smaller (!) temple to Ceres, Paestum 6th Century B.C.
Off to Venezia for three days to do crits with B.U. painters and see the city.
Rain and COLD! windy weather awaits in Venice
This looks familiar to any Boston resident! >>> At least our accomodations were 5 star!
After two cold, wet days the sun returns!
Vaporetta to enjoy the sites
Piazza San Marco
San Salute (Luca Giordano)
The colors of Italy (egg tempera left blood orange right)
What's THAT!?
The Dude......
>>>> Earlier Photos: -> 5) March 19 - April 16 (Sicily) -> 4) March 18 - 2 -> 3) March 1 - Jan. 26 ->
2) Jan. 25 - 8 -> 1) Jan. 7 - Dec. 25
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