Zorba and I love the little island life. Lipari is the biggest of the Aeolian Islands off Sicily’s north-west coast. We booked into the very comfortable yet affordable Diana Brown B&B at 50 euro per night, initially for two nights. …
On the road to Siracusa
Upon checking out of the very comfortable B&B Baglio in Mondello, the friendly Giovanni behind the counter asked us where we were going next. “Siracusa,” I replied, expecting a reaction of ‘che bella’ or something along those lines from him. …
Fabulous Favignana
From Palermo, a 2.5 hour train trip on a near empty and quite decent train took us to Trapani. From Trapani train station we WALKED, carrying 21.5kg on my back and probably about 7kg on my front, about 1km to…
Palermo – Sicilia
After two buses from Positano and a flight from Napoli, I was not really in the mood for more public transport, so we caught a taxi to our 4-star hotel in Palermo, the Mecure. I booked it a few days…
What happened about the smashed champagne glass?
In Positano, you may recall that we accidently smashed one of the lovely crystal champagne glasses the nice old man lent to me after I told him we had got engaged. I felt so bad about that accident that I…