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May 01, 2004Our BioSince writing my web travelogue on Peru for BootsnAll in 1999, I have had the opportunity to travel with my wife Stephanie for extended periods of time (at least two weeks each) to the Mexican Yucatan Peninsula, Russia, Scandinavia, Estonia,...Read this update May 18, 2004OverviewMy wife (Stephanie), my 2-year-old daughter (Emily) and I arrived at the Palermo airport in mid-May, 2004 ready for a week and a half away from workday rhythms. We flew into Sicily from Rome using AirOne, Lufthansa’s airline partner....Read this update May 19, 2004Segesta & CorleoneMay 19, 2004 We arrived at the ruins of Segesta by 11AM. The temple dates from the 5th Century BC and is situated on a mountainside in the middle of wide-open space. The temple is huge. The Doric columns...Read this update May 20, 2004AgrigentoMay 20, 2004 The three of us awoke early, had a quick breakfast at the hotel and headed straight to the ruins of Agrigento. It took us about an hour and a half on a smooth blacktop. Agrigento was...Read this update May 21, 2004Casale & CaltagironeMay 21, 2004 We continued our counter-clockwise tour of Sicily by retracing the route we had taken to Agrigento in an effort to get to our next stop, the Roman Villa at Casale with its famous mosaics (see photo...Read this update May 22, 2004The Baroque CitiesMay 22, 2004 We had decided to drive around the area during the morning for a couple hours before meeting Daniele and his family in Modica for lunch. We got off the beaten path and took a small road...Read this update May 23, 2004SyracuseMay 23, 2004 After some fantastic homemade cornettos and espressos personally served to us by Max, we headed out through throngs of Syracusans on their way to church. In the Piazza del Duomo, Emily found a young kid selling...Read this update May 24, 2004Catania & TaorminaMay 24, 2004 Breakfast was again excellent with Max preparing our juices and fresh cornettos and rolls. We said goodbye and promised to send other people (especially families with kids) his way. We filled the car with gas and...Read this update May 25, 2004Taormina & CafaluMay 25, 2004 Taormina's streets retain much of their medieval flavor, as do several of the churches and villas. There are also some pretty Baroque structures scattered throughout the town. The castle (Castelmola) overlooks the city. There has been...Read this update May 26, 2004Monreale & PalermoMay 26, 2004 We quickly got out of Cefalu in the morning, as we wanted to get to the Cathedral in Monreale early in order to beat the crowds. We stopped for breakfast at a café on the way...Read this update May 27, 2004PalermoMay 27, 2004 We wanted to see as much of Palermo as possible as this was our last day in Sicily. And so we decided to forget about all of the shopping that we needed to do. We got...Read this update |
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