Tag Archives: Sicily

Eating Our Way Through Sicily – Awesome Sicilian Food

Eating Our Way Through Sicily – Awesome Sicilian Food

Now back in Rome, I am reminiscing as well as missing the awesome Sicilian food we had while on vacation there.  You are spoilt for choice in Sicily and while we tried to pace ourselves in those two weeks, it was a real challenge. We literally ate our way through Sicily, starting in Palermo where ... Read More »

August in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily

August in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily

No availability, nothing available, all full. Those were the replies I was getting from hotels, B&Bs, holiday rentals in San Vito Lo Capo.  I didn’t get it especially when the news constantly remind us that there is a crisis in Italy and more people are staying home for their summer vacation.  The rest, it seemed, ... Read More »

Unforgettable Visit to Monreale, Sicily

Unforgettable Visit to Monreale, Sicily

If you are visiting Palermo, your visit would not be complete without heading out to Monreale, Sicily.  Hoping our B&B would have arranged a guide, I didn’t have an itinerary for our stay in Palermo. As it turned out, one wasn’t arranged and while having lunch, we quickly mapped out the top things do in ... Read More »

Things to do in Palermo in 24 hours

Things to do in Palermo in 24 hours

There is a great deal of things to do in Palermo that I regret we only had a day here before heading to San Vito Lo Capo.  The day in Palermo was actually by chance as the apartment in San Vito Lo Capo is rented out weekly from one Saturday to the next and we ... Read More »

Life in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily

Life in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily

One of the reasons we chose to stay in an apartment in San Vito Lo Capo for our week-long vacation there is the option to prepare meals at home. As we settled into a daily routine and thanks to the friendly residents of this small popular beach town located on the north-western part of Sicily, ... Read More »

Message in a Bottle from San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily

That was probably the only means of communication in the last 48 hours. “Only for emergency calls”. Without warning, that was the message we got on Sunday afternoon on our cells phones when we were in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily. Luca and I have different providers and the fact that both cells had no ... Read More »