Was it one week or two? One hundred lifetimes lived in a single day Warm sun on my skin Within days, my skin goes brown, my eyes grow bright. A gentle breeze floats in from the sea. I am surrounded by beauty and smiles. How will I ever go back [...]
We woke up to birdsong and a great big blue sky. Our morning here consists of breakfast on the rooftop and Peppa's beautiful smile and great sense of humor. Peppa works at this B&B San Placido Inn and prepares breakfast for us in the morning. She is from Bulgaria, talks [...]
We arrived in Catania at 8:30pm last night. It was a short taxi ride to the very sweet B&B, where we were welcomed by the friendly staff. I was exhausted from the 30 hours of travel time it took to get here. I am convinced that layovers cause more fatigue [...]
In 1958, Domenico Modugno, singer from the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa, wrote the famous song Volare. My guess is that most everyone knows the song, right? But what most people outside of Italy don’t know is that the original title of the song was Di Blu, Dipinto di Blu, [...]
