My week in Milan went by so quickly. I was able to meet up with my cousin Fabio and his wife Sisi and we enjoyed wonderful meals together. It was great talking about family and reminisce about life experiences. I was also determined to walk every day as much as...

Today I bought a ticket to see Il Duomo. It is dedicated to Santa Maria Nascente and is the largest church in Italy (you don’t count St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome because it is in Vatican City). I visited inside the church, the archeology site and also climbed the 256...

Day 38 is my final day in Sicily and it’s also my birthday! I spent the morning at the beach to soak in that last bit of sun. In the afternoon, I did some shopping and bought myself some birthday gifts😁. I got a lot of well wishes during the day and I chatted with...

Today I felt much better and took a taxi to Taormina, a hilltop town on the east coast of Sicily. The town is known for the Teatro Antico di Taormina, an ancient Greco-Roman theatre that is still used today. The views from the theatre were incredible as cliffs drop to...

Well the 10 day tour of Sicily is over and I caught a cold from one of the guests on the tour bus. It spread like wildfire so a lot of people fell ill by the end. I took these 2 days in Giardini Naxos to rest and get better as I still have other adventures planned....

Today I visit Catania, an ancient port city on Sicily’s east coast. It sits at the foot of Mt. Etna so on route I got to see her (yes her) through the bus window. It had snowed the previous night so I was actually able to get photos of the volcano, topped with snow....

Noto is a city in southeastern Sicily that was completely rebuilt with local limestone after the 1693 earthquake. All the buildings are therefore the same colour and built in the Sicilian Baroque Style. In 2002, the city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site....

Ragusa is a beautiful hilltop city in southeast Sicily that has become famous in recent years as the setting of the TV series Commissario (Inspector) Montalbano based on the best selling books by Andrea Camilleri. The TV series has English subtitles and, if you like...

Today I visited the Villa Romana del Casale, a 3,500 square metre villa, with the largest and most complex collection of Roman mosaics in the world, designed and installed by African mosaic workers. It was built in the first quarter of the 4th century AD. This is...

In the late afternoon, I made my way to Agrigento to see the stunning Valley of the Temples. This is one of 59 UNESCO Italian sites. After Athens and Rome, this is the 3rd largest historical site. The temples were stunning and as the sun was setting, they were...