Sicilitudine

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 24.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sicilitudine<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 107%;">… and I am happy to think that I now carry in my soul a picture of Sicily, that unique and beautiful island, which is clear, authentic and complete…<o:p></o:p></span></i></div><div class="MsoNormal">Goethe<br /><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiRob1KX29Q28VNufnA7klJdFAOsFC1L2r_5npB_6FbzN4Fnt5vA2hrcph8-6qadllQjXiHmQrlKqofMUB7RRKrdQi8Bda3uGLeczJITmjWSoJtqQEAT_E7wUWSE-v4aZf9NG2sM8JDM/s1600/DSC02375+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Giardini-Naxos-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisiRob1KX29Q28VNufnA7klJdFAOsFC1L2r_5npB_6FbzN4Fnt5vA2hrcph8-6qadllQjXiHmQrlKqofMUB7RRKrdQi8Bda3uGLeczJITmjWSoJtqQEAT_E7wUWSE-v4aZf9NG2sM8JDM/s1600/DSC02375+-+Copy.JPG" title="Giardini-Naxos-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Giardini Naxos, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">From the first step I took on this hauntingly beautiful island, from my very first breath, I was completely enamored of her. And there has not been one day in my life since then that she hasn’t crept into my thoughts. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkizLPIA7Cmeilw9HGBkK9_niRCaCDu3Uentl-tob91zAzsjXXCGXXRqaCbCZBFbPGFxMLbEacggN3659MjUQmZWII6E1nCAYO2ajisXGS4VGxJxzUMyJM82CgtRJul-dkSukBQm5yiY/s1600/sicily.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Sicily-Corinna-B's-World-Sicilitudine" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDkizLPIA7Cmeilw9HGBkK9_niRCaCDu3Uentl-tob91zAzsjXXCGXXRqaCbCZBFbPGFxMLbEacggN3659MjUQmZWII6E1nCAYO2ajisXGS4VGxJxzUMyJM82CgtRJul-dkSukBQm5yiY/s1600/sicily.jpg" title="Sicily-Corinna-B's-World-Sicilitudine" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taormina, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The screensaver on the inside of my eyelids runs a slideshow of spectacular Sicilian vistas when I go to sleep, and sometimes the all encompassing <i>need</i> to get back there defies reason and dominates all thought.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSvDJEkQg7fk8ftVQ3bZutO0HRY7-sWQegoZE3ClADPyMMQ-Z6MZXy31Pn7c8hvlt1TjjQIk-Qam1I9lIBjO1ympCde2Wi7pePzQUXh04G7TouGsWgGW8S-tm40YXn828zJAO9ZZZJvU/s1600/DSC02656.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Castelmola-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHSvDJEkQg7fk8ftVQ3bZutO0HRY7-sWQegoZE3ClADPyMMQ-Z6MZXy31Pn7c8hvlt1TjjQIk-Qam1I9lIBjO1ympCde2Wi7pePzQUXh04G7TouGsWgGW8S-tm40YXn828zJAO9ZZZJvU/s1600/DSC02656.JPG" title="Castelmola-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Castelmola, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">This largest island in the Mediterranean is truly unique. It is like a giant mosaic made up of thousands of vibrant and exceptionally hued tiles, impossible to put together, yet alone each is magnificent, complex, and exceptional.</span><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcLNIFle-X13X9Z3wRJT31deVT_1rLu5qcJS6Qc6gnU33C8QpgzkstkYJq-RQEWCwe4civ9tgolk-dfFAShoCFAlOl4D6GSTbeV923_I1or_HLLRxLZzsPi_aLlB6Djv9pdVfTnAVRtY/s1600/DSC02257+-+Copy+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Taormina-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKcLNIFle-X13X9Z3wRJT31deVT_1rLu5qcJS6Qc6gnU33C8QpgzkstkYJq-RQEWCwe4civ9tgolk-dfFAShoCFAlOl4D6GSTbeV923_I1or_HLLRxLZzsPi_aLlB6Djv9pdVfTnAVRtY/s1600/DSC02257+-+Copy+-+Copy+-+Copy.JPG" title="Taormina-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Taormina, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDOBCtT0S15Mr665kk7O4uUjeXhXQy3YFmPRBhFbrYtRbLxxOWT1_cWA-xxce17qH9qp3XHbUPprNQ0-AMO2X08usUcsiKnfSog91pUGFvYo5VDyaVB8ka1TLKo-v_VNoWKa26zrcZYU/s1600/DSC02628.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="View-from-Forza-D'Agro'-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDOBCtT0S15Mr665kk7O4uUjeXhXQy3YFmPRBhFbrYtRbLxxOWT1_cWA-xxce17qH9qp3XHbUPprNQ0-AMO2X08usUcsiKnfSog91pUGFvYo5VDyaVB8ka1TLKo-v_VNoWKa26zrcZYU/s1600/DSC02628.JPG" title="View-from-Forza-D'Agro'-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">View from Forza D'Agro, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Visually astounding, her shores are lapped by the bluest of seas – the Mediterranean, the Ionian and the Tyrrhenian. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigavbVBRmMA4Y01_q-cGHCVyrO8r99evLyjIQ1Cs9nKRFruLNSeqA0fSwN7KL1QZhuUH5r55nDndBJe2hyphenhyphenZp8M1NTKjOTjcBGIKhuVEPj4RUyqmEWeXwC1UukV25gV_LXabHmGhl4GJfk/s1600/DSC02363+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Lido-Copacabana-Letojanni-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigavbVBRmMA4Y01_q-cGHCVyrO8r99evLyjIQ1Cs9nKRFruLNSeqA0fSwN7KL1QZhuUH5r55nDndBJe2hyphenhyphenZp8M1NTKjOTjcBGIKhuVEPj4RUyqmEWeXwC1UukV25gV_LXabHmGhl4GJfk/s1600/DSC02363+-+Copy.JPG" title="Lido-Copacabana-Letojanni-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lida copacabana, Letojanni, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5CxvWeqppXg3FVrCXTrb61onvlBGoX1lZrjkBMJvgA9B2uCX_31LMctKTy-ytcDJeBsIZOT7BzG02nV7Jrd0LkI3quaikWPGB0KrUanW7LuSt74AT6YSva9m1q2iJA4-dO82RTHxg3A/s1600/DSC02433.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5CxvWeqppXg3FVrCXTrb61onvlBGoX1lZrjkBMJvgA9B2uCX_31LMctKTy-ytcDJeBsIZOT7BzG02nV7Jrd0LkI3quaikWPGB0KrUanW7LuSt74AT6YSva9m1q2iJA4-dO82RTHxg3A/s1600/DSC02433.JPG" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;"> The architecture and the cuisine have been layered by a history of being conquered. The Greeks, the Carthaginians, Roman, Arabs, Norman and Spaniards all ruled Sicily over the millennia and left their mark, their flavor, their influence, weaving a rich and brilliant tapestry that is equally beautiful and brutal.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuuNhTFmryJI9XgO7yTlcXGMu3xcT7HhkaC_Zumfn5ZD6IJOnhKduGdn2iy4eJzBvgMFPpMXfZdoaIl6hKkxQcEDXVGYmqEuOHU7XacNgR-WgeoNRlUVMrfcJqmXRODjxFcg7gnOlehw/s1600/DSC02406.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuuNhTFmryJI9XgO7yTlcXGMu3xcT7HhkaC_Zumfn5ZD6IJOnhKduGdn2iy4eJzBvgMFPpMXfZdoaIl6hKkxQcEDXVGYmqEuOHU7XacNgR-WgeoNRlUVMrfcJqmXRODjxFcg7gnOlehw/s1600/DSC02406.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp52FTvLEL8pIiSPOAtQrberlPPuMPR3tAyaxQnx5oLlCbSO0Ol2_JXto0rZ3lQ-GX0cDKH1vqrm_V6U9sVSkoSJNHXYMMu1GfBjWLohqrzajwprzYGNvmJ6qTWsfyYJs738rntZl8mY/s1600/DSC02407.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBp52FTvLEL8pIiSPOAtQrberlPPuMPR3tAyaxQnx5oLlCbSO0Ol2_JXto0rZ3lQ-GX0cDKH1vqrm_V6U9sVSkoSJNHXYMMu1GfBjWLohqrzajwprzYGNvmJ6qTWsfyYJs738rntZl8mY/s1600/DSC02407.JPG" title="Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ortygia. Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Sicilians have a hard history. The rich were magnificently rich while the poor toiled in abject poverty. They were repeatedly heavily taxed to pay for someone else’s wars, throughout time their men drafted to fight the ruling country’s battles. Although since the unification they are Italian, they are first and foremost and to their collective core, Sicilian. As a people they have pride and resilience, are at times stoic, in some ways isolated from the mainland, theirs is a Sicilitudine </span><o:p></o:p><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0FhRCDVn3_bkUlvUIL7Xe-7ZYz3V07rzsCsHiuwG1pVX67tk89X32H55YglcX1I_ZE5tVAbernV4YrP8W4X9jpHio6Ntx00_yvaYbjeoUnZyJBwQ-P3IJu7H-2iVdIyKjo5htntOSu0/s1600/DSC02663.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="Castelmola-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl0FhRCDVn3_bkUlvUIL7Xe-7ZYz3V07rzsCsHiuwG1pVX67tk89X32H55YglcX1I_ZE5tVAbernV4YrP8W4X9jpHio6Ntx00_yvaYbjeoUnZyJBwQ-P3IJu7H-2iVdIyKjo5htntOSu0/s1600/DSC02663.JPG" title="Castelmola-Sicily" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"> Castelmola, Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Yet invariably Sicilians smile the deepest of smiles.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">At times more North Africa than Southern Italy, Sicily is maddeningly beautiful, a culinary dream, it is mysterious and moody, incredibly sexy, and feels vaguely dangerous with it’s rumbling volcano and it’s air of mystery.</span><o:p></o:p><br /><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzsy4HoQ4_z9t9X1qWAk-kXI_nthcUOkq7hJ1PMAO0mrtNHfRMNYEqUKLBYgyQgIbs-O8RWdIVbVWe9SiQ7JF1-9qdmulB11dFc_iYk02CbinQ0wu_5n7YkODdXy8BKr4n25XX5twAH0/s1600/DSC02667.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Mt-Etna-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuzsy4HoQ4_z9t9X1qWAk-kXI_nthcUOkq7hJ1PMAO0mrtNHfRMNYEqUKLBYgyQgIbs-O8RWdIVbVWe9SiQ7JF1-9qdmulB11dFc_iYk02CbinQ0wu_5n7YkODdXy8BKr4n25XX5twAH0/s1600/DSC02667.JPG" title="Mt-Etna-Sicily" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily is everything.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: large;">To take on this magical island all you need is a good map and a sense of adventure…</span><o:p></o:p></div></div>

Sicilitudine

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Sunday Morning In Ortygia, The Glam Italia Tour

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything"</i></span><br />~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, The Italian Journey (1786-1788)<br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I'm not quite sure what Goethe was up to here.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily and Italy were not unified until 1861.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">And each stands alone, completely magnificent.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">But I love the quote.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Sicily is my obsession. Since the very first time I ever set foot on this magical island I have not gone one day without thinking about it. It is always on my mind.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Despite the incredibly long travel day to get here from Phoenix, it was the logical place to start the Glam Italia Tour. (as in start our beach time before our waistlines have a chance to register that we are eating pasta...) </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sunday morning in Ortygia</span></i></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Ortygia is a little island connected to the city of Siracusa.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The history here is astounding.</span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjP01iNHZxbiGb85AjS6lPGSerlGy2BCvLxx9cUyjVr-CmuRp12WZRdxVjTW6QOgMMuFM31tQMygMiPJajwj62rUoXhrkHQj-sxcC89kig9SFDRF6T6Hier9cjMNt1S2cpeUSwNuruCY/s1600/DSC02406+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdjP01iNHZxbiGb85AjS6lPGSerlGy2BCvLxx9cUyjVr-CmuRp12WZRdxVjTW6QOgMMuFM31tQMygMiPJajwj62rUoXhrkHQj-sxcC89kig9SFDRF6T6Hier9cjMNt1S2cpeUSwNuruCY/s1600/DSC02406+-+Copy.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br />The remains of Apollo's temple, built in 732 BC are surrounded by apartments built over the centuries. Some incredibly old, some rebuilt after WWII. Can you imagine looking out your bedroom window at this??<br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaPaocsb8odKVKcaiGzFCxk0JLT45WwoLa-OjXYHjm7lj07a1m9bHEWgTHTiZBQQp4YAoJZS4arALqx22E98xhJDC9QzXL9dkqtlwsBn6kDoz6w5B_SGVDktA6urEMC-xAzFTIIQr9is/s1600/DSC02397.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikaPaocsb8odKVKcaiGzFCxk0JLT45WwoLa-OjXYHjm7lj07a1m9bHEWgTHTiZBQQp4YAoJZS4arALqx22E98xhJDC9QzXL9dkqtlwsBn6kDoz6w5B_SGVDktA6urEMC-xAzFTIIQr9is/s1600/DSC02397.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m89rlQzkZLIk_oNugpyhpXVGRs9_Hki4lXKwmu66CuSVY9exlMhUoajRgunEGs5UP1ZRNadaCGtFbW2hxuilX1rKeYwnZ3p4UftAvjmFtKLErc-zqruJF7ypreOlD11FGtVQ7cF0Eio/s1600/DSC02400+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3m89rlQzkZLIk_oNugpyhpXVGRs9_Hki4lXKwmu66CuSVY9exlMhUoajRgunEGs5UP1ZRNadaCGtFbW2hxuilX1rKeYwnZ3p4UftAvjmFtKLErc-zqruJF7ypreOlD11FGtVQ7cF0Eio/s1600/DSC02400+-+Copy.JPG" title="Apollo's-Temple-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>Waiting outside church on Ortygia, Sicily. I just loved her pants. I want a pair!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-agRCYdL1AbLFqaz3thqoEOuwELbcfRiUkSnyZD2p0xacJiwZhFprNuufwTh-MsWAqYlSOz0drWCDX0JklOSETOUFX2xb8x7FomJYVdBl81SWnrIXFuiZNBXURAivqZOvX5w8Ya3ypsA/s1600/DSC02404+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Church-Attire-Ortygia-Sicily" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-agRCYdL1AbLFqaz3thqoEOuwELbcfRiUkSnyZD2p0xacJiwZhFprNuufwTh-MsWAqYlSOz0drWCDX0JklOSETOUFX2xb8x7FomJYVdBl81SWnrIXFuiZNBXURAivqZOvX5w8Ya3ypsA/s1600/DSC02404+-+Copy.JPG" title="Church-Attire-Ortygia-Sicily" /></a></div><br />Walking through the streets of Ortygia<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ2l9nlWze1ueg52D83hO4-4oQneKH1_l3xFv-R6ejYg0r-egkYyWt_XyDLCKHhgYHLh_9iFVED6dLQWQn1L_smHIs_tDLeBAD0GB17V9hzNRuwezVtbzpf_A4yVXcFgJ8yNLfOF-FrWY/s1600/DSC02442+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOynHvOmCHpUpC5fn8E16jHUyCQvUt4TQUvwatkyLvUKF5evMEVptlISeG9WiBhekMqK6Vq7HPxbYUUdMhxy6ltwMXtkj-avhJ9bAgXGyShXDORUzxH3sst214Q6TANePvzm7qxbU3vs/s1600/DSC02430+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Sunbathing-In-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOynHvOmCHpUpC5fn8E16jHUyCQvUt4TQUvwatkyLvUKF5evMEVptlISeG9WiBhekMqK6Vq7HPxbYUUdMhxy6ltwMXtkj-avhJ9bAgXGyShXDORUzxH3sst214Q6TANePvzm7qxbU3vs/s1600/DSC02430+-+Copy.JPG" title="Sunbathing-In-Ortygia" /></a></div><br /><br />This little boy sat on the steps of the Duomo in the spectacular Piazza Del Duomo, in the searingly bright sunshine, playing the sounds of the soul of Sicily.<br />The Duomo is a must see. The original Siculi built a temple to the deities here, the in the 5th century BC The Greeks built a temple around it, and since then in has been added to over the centuries. The current facade is Baroque, but as you walk through you see thousands of years of history<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sRfE0_YMVMYJiaK97WJq05k86_HSG8IZVp4NLJQmrJvHXa3YLve3dD1Fo6gsJgidj19cmtzMNCrxIqOUNisfnLIvLaChpcVyk0OSuaslWS72xCM7Tvd1PxR2u_S4BXmkW8kyh9ZjI1Q/s1600/DSC02458+-+Copy.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Boy-On-Duomo-Steps-Duomo-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7sRfE0_YMVMYJiaK97WJq05k86_HSG8IZVp4NLJQmrJvHXa3YLve3dD1Fo6gsJgidj19cmtzMNCrxIqOUNisfnLIvLaChpcVyk0OSuaslWS72xCM7Tvd1PxR2u_S4BXmkW8kyh9ZjI1Q/s1600/DSC02458+-+Copy.JPG" title="Boy-On-Duomo-Steps-Duomo-Ortygia" /></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span>These columns were built in the 5th century BC. Running your fingers over their crenellations you feel 2500 years of history beneath your skin.<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMuM58aNZAXND2zdpsFgRYRG8_GNk_esWSwc7n1xhL8eSvKINhwHJUP5Hy0DuZqdfBnrqlZQZbov3ci2Sd7xeGxY6kAu4wNS_hrBIB2P89A6twxzxMDxSKoWuIKH2QFLmfg7_6ipTm4/s1600/DSC02462.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="5th-Century-BC-Columns-Inside-Duomo-Ortygia" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOKMuM58aNZAXND2zdpsFgRYRG8_GNk_esWSwc7n1xhL8eSvKINhwHJUP5Hy0DuZqdfBnrqlZQZbov3ci2Sd7xeGxY6kAu4wNS_hrBIB2P89A6twxzxMDxSKoWuIKH2QFLmfg7_6ipTm4/s1600/DSC02462.JPG" title="5th-Century-BC-Columns-Inside-Duomo-Ortygia" /></a></div><br /></div>

Sunday Morning In Ortygia, The Glam Italia Tour

"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the clue to everything" ~ Johann Wo...

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Sicilian Obsession ~ Ortygia

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Sicily may just be my favorite place in the world.<br /><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MSUN9wXLba0BhVprDwM7XxaF7mtl6oyVlXoRjlR_TTGF9SCGdCKHHwsqwwiWwHPG513uXNGr7nOaa79WAHhRgct_r6EXHp2WWfJRI0ASGvGIp8fssF-kDb8cJj9YWYNiArzaKh6c48w/s1600/street+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-MSUN9wXLba0BhVprDwM7XxaF7mtl6oyVlXoRjlR_TTGF9SCGdCKHHwsqwwiWwHPG513uXNGr7nOaa79WAHhRgct_r6EXHp2WWfJRI0ASGvGIp8fssF-kDb8cJj9YWYNiArzaKh6c48w/s640/street+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">streets of Ortygia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><br />I had no idea that I would love it so much. From the incredible ruins and historical sites, to the fabulous beaches, from the incredible views to the completely outstanding local cuisine, from the spectacular local wines to the ever smiling, friendly people, Sicily has it all.<br /><br />One of the (many) places I loved visiting was <a href="http://www.thinksicily.com/guide-to-sicily/towns-and-cities-in-sicily/syracuse.aspx">Ortygia</a>, the island part of the ancient city of Siracusa.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj3XqqvL1yk9fucB2fDzNankIO8swE8FRoeEGrJgGgN9uKZtOYogldumjHkVMAG9Tl8SfRFZexRNniV2ZuQEq-gfbQgJkte3IhtQskFL-33U6HLKe2vrAB0SYrOvToaHqR8AfLnODNMA/s1600/ortygia.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuj3XqqvL1yk9fucB2fDzNankIO8swE8FRoeEGrJgGgN9uKZtOYogldumjHkVMAG9Tl8SfRFZexRNniV2ZuQEq-gfbQgJkte3IhtQskFL-33U6HLKe2vrAB0SYrOvToaHqR8AfLnODNMA/s640/ortygia.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">on the street in Ortygia</td></tr></tbody></table>Ortygia is tiny - only 1km x500m, and the best way to see it is on foot. You can't get lost walking through the narrow streets and alleyways, as walking far enough in any direction leads you back to the sea.<br /><br />Every which way you turn you are enveloped in 2500+ years of history.<br /><br />From Apollo's temple built in the 7th century BC<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8J-XTL4qiRroOeW9iDRsvcII4O8SfU7y1MSBrByz3uPvIQhLSaJPfVozaquTdHqslCkl56jkTpVv-9divDMP2cqEclC0GBW22ISqhVMeoUAw8SWMaJxZ7Z8cNJrAJu87jUe3wvCSKiuc/s1600/apollo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8J-XTL4qiRroOeW9iDRsvcII4O8SfU7y1MSBrByz3uPvIQhLSaJPfVozaquTdHqslCkl56jkTpVv-9divDMP2cqEclC0GBW22ISqhVMeoUAw8SWMaJxZ7Z8cNJrAJu87jUe3wvCSKiuc/s640/apollo.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Apollo's Temple, Ortygia Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br />to the Duomo, who's bottom most excavations have unearthed remnants from the ancient Siculi, followed by the Greeks in the 5th century BC, then the Christians added to it in the 7th century AD and finally its baroque facade which was erected in the 18th century,<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_PiQ1XZbuVQebZ9Y_VY-oCOY0g207HjiBiQbcmd_8hej9H77_vEuUmM5Ou4V9EaOhDQjRm8Vus-C_nKdWhvym7rT7sw9obh24sfVmbgH56xQOpVaHDlYHUxQ62p7kteALMUCHDzaZS0/s1600/columns.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_PiQ1XZbuVQebZ9Y_VY-oCOY0g207HjiBiQbcmd_8hej9H77_vEuUmM5Ou4V9EaOhDQjRm8Vus-C_nKdWhvym7rT7sw9obh24sfVmbgH56xQOpVaHDlYHUxQ62p7kteALMUCHDzaZS0/s640/columns.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">columns in the Ortygia Duomo, dating back to 500 BC</td></tr></tbody></table><br />to  the castle fortress built by Frederick II in 1194, Ortygia is an historical gem. Every building, every alley is fascinating.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcEtR3jK9E_yocAhrNXLSils3AsBsmbN3seeRvirjkmoDH76ewttUEl30SN4ycXVobpk53Rb9BzihapT9d_LyN4fPd5iRJJ2o_7_rQLeDfGMmQxmh73-mhyphenhyphenapUlI7ErJvEfguJayueJc/s1600/accordian.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEcEtR3jK9E_yocAhrNXLSils3AsBsmbN3seeRvirjkmoDH76ewttUEl30SN4ycXVobpk53Rb9BzihapT9d_LyN4fPd5iRJJ2o_7_rQLeDfGMmQxmh73-mhyphenhyphenapUlI7ErJvEfguJayueJc/s640/accordian.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">acordian player in Piazza Del Duomo, Ortygia Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table>The heart of Ortygia is no doubt the beautiful, baroque Piazza del Duomo, the perfect spot to stop for lunch.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuMO_euhES6QcivNKr7RALYZNF35Wa-qVHgRiB8EpMOpPxljB8hWThdbkpiKQ1G9k-ehAuGyb8IGgmdBfFFrDdLN3AAs276jKnl73Db-mI65z1SvYuJTNHVxPuSIKTbTs8d33PKFYSGI/s1600/del+d+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHuMO_euhES6QcivNKr7RALYZNF35Wa-qVHgRiB8EpMOpPxljB8hWThdbkpiKQ1G9k-ehAuGyb8IGgmdBfFFrDdLN3AAs276jKnl73Db-mI65z1SvYuJTNHVxPuSIKTbTs8d33PKFYSGI/s640/del+d+2.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">piazza del duomo, Ortygia Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><br />Glaringly bright white, offset by the incredibly blue sky, this is Sicily as I had always imagined it.<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrm-Hr4iB5KZ2wtzKHXiB-0_sO8AUG9m9o-Yt4ISUiIZsUwkHNc3kh5qtn1DOKPZFgWCiDx-BXRbqVc3KQ8XQ7RpWMVNbpMcDTYSGv7CF45Dq3yq-HkyEcrA5G7UWwALfY38dDPnWH4U/s1600/del+duomo.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFrm-Hr4iB5KZ2wtzKHXiB-0_sO8AUG9m9o-Yt4ISUiIZsUwkHNc3kh5qtn1DOKPZFgWCiDx-BXRbqVc3KQ8XQ7RpWMVNbpMcDTYSGv7CF45Dq3yq-HkyEcrA5G7UWwALfY38dDPnWH4U/s640/del+duomo.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Piazza Del Duomo, Ortygia Sicily</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QfW9f7ReAtP9aUoSB55eVR2P2M8NzA35Rj6kNjFMahEgiz6qvOEwyqfe5HYuhRaoWN39xH8hE9WUlxc6w69ukVgVPx867RtGg2s8XdtUTcycqmx4PKO0owZO81r-CJLQrh5ubK0CL0I/s1600/lunch+2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QfW9f7ReAtP9aUoSB55eVR2P2M8NzA35Rj6kNjFMahEgiz6qvOEwyqfe5HYuhRaoWN39xH8hE9WUlxc6w69ukVgVPx867RtGg2s8XdtUTcycqmx4PKO0owZO81r-CJLQrh5ubK0CL0I/s640/lunch+2.JPG" width="480" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL8QykAhobw4p5zezQZ_AAD3xigpVg8_3-84AfCfLiGO2jGoaRJ52nwx69XVLnfhdKFw6eyUWh4xx0jV2t5SyuDuyqHiWCKnrfwSkqmdk5MNg716mvitb7hONSOY8sCa1OHKAjyNDBrs/s1600/lunch.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBL8QykAhobw4p5zezQZ_AAD3xigpVg8_3-84AfCfLiGO2jGoaRJ52nwx69XVLnfhdKFw6eyUWh4xx0jV2t5SyuDuyqHiWCKnrfwSkqmdk5MNg716mvitb7hONSOY8sCa1OHKAjyNDBrs/s640/lunch.JPG" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">salad for lunch in Ortygia</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: right;"></div><br />Before leaving the island, a quick stop at the morning market is a must. Fresh fruits and vegetables and fish - everything you need to make a delicious dinner with a local flair.<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCJZDBwZ4H3qbee5R7fwPNV6eEBY1ZRRqEqz-U7n9zWpZd_kXjSj9TvgqRzLatdkuvacTiDdM88yZ7rykP0CMbgVMDJgT9gOYfPaTlgG3-Ki2nt1RreS29NVZ06XhjMMqh9HLDBx5lyY/s1600/ortigia-fish-market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="425" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDCJZDBwZ4H3qbee5R7fwPNV6eEBY1ZRRqEqz-U7n9zWpZd_kXjSj9TvgqRzLatdkuvacTiDdM88yZ7rykP0CMbgVMDJgT9gOYfPaTlgG3-Ki2nt1RreS29NVZ06XhjMMqh9HLDBx5lyY/s640/ortigia-fish-market.jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ortygia Fish Market</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96ONwwwva6-8Ikabo-knIjzTWff1Cm5TT6dlQ6F-ugpHmBJmuhYBixdKvx-z4xhz29CbjU2jLU1ioXlwAvzE6tdh7izO-c_stOKcx5k_5R0uY64d-djA_-LyWbk3F7doSMO4hMcEDdG0/s1600/ortygia+market.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg96ONwwwva6-8Ikabo-knIjzTWff1Cm5TT6dlQ6F-ugpHmBJmuhYBixdKvx-z4xhz29CbjU2jLU1ioXlwAvzE6tdh7izO-c_stOKcx5k_5R0uY64d-djA_-LyWbk3F7doSMO4hMcEDdG0/s1600/ortygia+market.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ortygia market, image Lonelyplanet</td></tr></tbody></table><br /> Private yachts moored off the island<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTggLQeFbjQ0KjLuw7K7fSjNfxP_CLi_NtomLq_TuMEaD4Je1ocXENm2fQcQoIsoSJhX1DhHn-JBnFRkjNLJtmVzPQtwH8ioPBsiE_AduAhRZ_ghyphenhyphenDAe6Zdc9Kx1ByZ0XRSccUxS0fek/s1600/boat.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimTggLQeFbjQ0KjLuw7K7fSjNfxP_CLi_NtomLq_TuMEaD4Je1ocXENm2fQcQoIsoSJhX1DhHn-JBnFRkjNLJtmVzPQtwH8ioPBsiE_AduAhRZ_ghyphenhyphenDAe6Zdc9Kx1ByZ0XRSccUxS0fek/s640/boat.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">boat in Ortygia</td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT40vZCNMjuXw0YQbSye8UlSon_gd-3qEgqPMT3xYPHcbsghtNiU18AsPD4CkCtVzFRkQcfLk_6iGel6Mb99fuPvwpH7ukFxM6kBSZ4OyxU2ydp7QPEK8aLX6gqygEBdcNaXK2y6bwKc/s1600/minimart.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYT40vZCNMjuXw0YQbSye8UlSon_gd-3qEgqPMT3xYPHcbsghtNiU18AsPD4CkCtVzFRkQcfLk_6iGel6Mb99fuPvwpH7ukFxM6kBSZ4OyxU2ydp7QPEK8aLX6gqygEBdcNaXK2y6bwKc/s640/minimart.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">locals mix with tourists</td></tr></tbody></table>Sunbathers lie out on the rocks<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3316bMuuJ-KEQba2iQtU8QeQkxy5UOsz5LVbrflidrxO0Ks3L1nSkgtksYx4OEN2VA4w4wgOJ6lOo9QwtEHqE4w3SPG3OCg2sjyZfQnExYMy1bItj-d6q_ZH9by07wdrBTvSKOTJKWE/s1600/sunbathers.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhV3316bMuuJ-KEQba2iQtU8QeQkxy5UOsz5LVbrflidrxO0Ks3L1nSkgtksYx4OEN2VA4w4wgOJ6lOo9QwtEHqE4w3SPG3OCg2sjyZfQnExYMy1bItj-d6q_ZH9by07wdrBTvSKOTJKWE/s640/sunbathers.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">sunbathing in Ortygia</td></tr></tbody></table>I can't wait to go back....</div>

Sicilian Obsession ~ Ortygia

Sicily may just be my favorite place in the world. streets of Ortygia I had no idea that I would love it so much. From the incredible ruins ...

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