I’ve not been able to post as I’d hoped to this week, but I’ve been in Los Angeles meeting with a neurosurgeon for a second-opinion re: my lousy spine/discs. Good news, no immediate surgery – just keep on with the epidural injections until they don’t work anymore, then come see him again. That day will…
Category: Travel
The Journey Begins
Thanks for joining me! I’ll try to keep it interesting, and fresh (even though a great deal of what I cover in Italia is centuries old, at least). Fix yourself an espresso, and read on, my friends. Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Two restful days in Ortigia (Sicily part 4)
The drive from Ragusa to Siracusa/Ortigia is fairly easy. It’s when you get to Ortigia and try and find a parking space that problems arise. Not being familiar with the policies (but having been warned they were less than favorable), I contacted my host at at he booking.com property where I stayed 2 nights. My…
Ragusa, Vittoria and red wine with fish (Sicily Part 3)
The road from Marsala to Ragusa (which passes through Agrigento, home to The Valley of the Temples) leaves a lot to be desired. A lot. There are countless bridges, most quite long, perhaps 2km or 3km, that span the countless hills and valleys that blanket the inner countryside of Sicily. The bridges themselves, or should…
I cut myself shaving (Sicily part 1)
The day began like any other, I suppose, get out of bed, shower, shave — errrr, crash! For some inexplicable reason (though carelessness is probably at the top of the list), I cut myself shaving. But it wasn’t just any cut you see, this one had me lying down, with pressure on it for over…
Winter is on its way out, mostly
The Church bell has just struck five. As it does I look at the sun and give it a light cursing – why did it wait till just now to finally show itself today? Instead of the 18C that was called for, I think we were lucky to have climbed to maybe 14.5C, but with…
Travel anxiety
Yes, I suffer from travel anxiety. I shouldn’t, I’ve done this a dozen times (to Europe), and countless times domestically. But, I’m already making myself nervous/anxious for lots of reasons (1) I know I won’t get to sleep for another 28 hours (2) not looking forward to walking around Milan for 8 hours till I…
Leaving, tomorrow
WordPress tells me it’s been 14 days since my last post. I’m not sure how I feel about that. On the one hand, it implies, in a way, I’ve done nothing in the past 14 days. And on the other hand it kind of begs the question, what have I been doing these past 14…
Preparando per il Grande Viaggio
Saying goodbye, if only for a little while (in this case 3 months), is every bit as important a part of preparing for a trip as making a packing list. In my case (as with others, I’m sure) it means spending time with friends and family each weekend before I actually depart. It also means…
Flying to Sicily (leave your bag behind!)
Well, that was an education. Over the years I’d heard about low-cost airlines such as Ryan Air before, but I’d never had occasion for a first-hand dealing. The long and short of it is that it costs roughly 50% more for my checked bag to fly from Torino to Trapani and back than it does…
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