Month May 2018

As the famous Giro d’Italia heads to Rome tomorrow for the final stage of the 2018 race, Greg and I have completed the first stage of our own ‘giro‘ here in Sicily. From our base in Syracusa, we headed south, then… Continue Reading →

You won’t be surprised to learn that Italy has more UNESCO World Heritage sites than any other country. There are 53 in total and seven of those are here in Sicily. (China is next on that list with 52). The region… Continue Reading →

On our way south to Sicily we decided to make a brief stop in Campania, a region of Italy we really didn’t know at all. Specifically we wanted to see Naples and the Amalfi Coast. We’d been looking forward to… Continue Reading →

Here we are in Syracuse, or Siracusa, on the east coast of Sicily. The city’s oldest residential district, Ortygia – which itself is an island – will be our home for a month. Apparently there are significant differences between Sicily… Continue Reading →

It’s that time again. After three months in Rome we’re packing up and moving on. We’re tending to plan our travels around the seasons, so the next stop for us will be Sicily (bellissima in May apparently) and then in… Continue Reading →

This walled cemetery in the middle of a busy Roman suburb, contains the graves of some of the world’s most important scholars and artists. The English poets John Keats and Percy Bysshe Shelley are buried here, as are the Scottish… Continue Reading →

Spring has well and truly arrived in Rome and with it, the trees and flowers have exploded into life. It’s hard to imagine that just eight weeks ago the city was covered with snow. We’ve been taking advantage of these… Continue Reading →