My travel around Sicily ended in Pallermo. I only had a very short time in the afternoon to explore the city, this is mainly due to me running out of time. I will however vowed to go back just to explore Pallermo in another trip and experience living like a Sicilian . I had to [...]

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Today I visited 2 places – Monreale and Mondello. The first destination is to visit the Arab Norman Cathedral while the second is more for a long seafood lunch and fresh sea breeze Monreale Throughout my travel in Sicily, I’ve had extensive experience in the mixes of cultures and histories of the Greeks, The Romans, The [...]

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I did more archeological visits around Sicily and visited 2 archeological sites – Agrigento and Selinunte. Agrigento On tour to Agrigento, I visited Villa Romana del Casale. This UNESCO site is a Roman villa built in the early 4th century. It contains the most and largest collection of Roman mosaics in the world. During the [...]

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Syracuse is a city which has very strong Greek influences. Syracuse was founded by the Ancient Greeks and was allied with Sparta and Corinth. Later it became part of Roman Republic and Byzantine Empire. There are a lot of things to see and do in Syracuse. I recommend you should spend at least a whole [...]

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Mt Etna can be seen anywhere in Sicily Island. Located near Taormina, Mt Etna is Europe’s largest live volcano and is one of the world’s most active. If you ever happen to visit the mountain, ocassionally you will see fire sparks being spit out which makes it a photo shot opportunity . Mt Etna is [...]

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Taormina is the first city I visited as soon as my ferry crossed the straits of Messina. Taormina is a summer resort and it is a tiny cobblestone village. Here you can see the Greek theatre (built in 3rd century BC) and English garden in the same city. I spent most of my time strolling the [...]

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I have been to Capri Island and Sorrento before so I know my way around. Despite the rain, I didn’t really want to stay indoors as most of the nights will spent with my mates and acquaintances drinking and eating. I wanted time for myself hence I decided to catch a ferry to the Capri [...]

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This is my second visit to the archeological site of Pompeii. I was still as fascinated this time around as the first as I discovered lots of things that I missed out the first time around. I was told by the guides that you can spend a full two weeks here and still won’t have enough [...]

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Today I decided to take my travel companions to Sunday mass at the Vatican as I have been there before. Unfortunately for them this time round we didn’t get a chance to go inside St Peter’s Church. Still, even having being here a couple of times I am still amazed at the sea of people [...]

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As this was not my first trip to Italy, I decided this time to cencentrate on the southern part of Italy, Sicily Island. Sicily is like a melting pot, it has lots of influences and history. It doesn’t feel like other Italian regions. In fact you are a Sicilian first and foremost and Italian later. [...]

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