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Tuesday, January 30, 2024

Last Day in Sicily

In the morning we had to check out the famous fish market in Catania.  There was a lot of fresh fish and people were eating fish quite early.  I wanted to have the typical Catania breakfast of granita and brioche.  We found a place that had really nice granita.  There were lots of pieces of almond and pistachio in the granita.  Then we walked to the beach and enjoyed the sun.  The beach was abandoned and there were several other tourists enjoying the sun as well.  Unfortunately, we couldn't see Etna from the beach because there were too many clouds. We made our way to a place that specialized in arancini and they were delicious!! Next, we walked to the botanical garden. Then we walked around the city until we found a restaurant that was open for dinner.  We found a great deal and had fresh pasta with fish and meat.  We needed to get up super early for our flight so we had to call it a night.  The next morning we woke up at 3am and took a bus to the airport from the train station. When we landed in Prague it was so foggy and everything was so frosty.  Our extended weekend in Sicily was wonderful and I would be happy to go again!

                                                                        swordfish








                                                          delicious almond and pistachio granita











                                                             carbonara and pistachio arancini

                                                          greenhouse in the botanical garden


                                                                    cannoli every day!










                                               incredible deal considering we could get seafood




                                                            how to bring back "pistachio nutella"
once back in CZ, put it all back in the container

                                                               

                                                           we arrived back to frost and fog

Sunday, January 28, 2024

Sicily Day 2

My friend advised me to check out Taormina during our stay.  We walked to the train station from our accommodation and hopped on the train.  From the train station, we had to walk UP!  It was quite steep and we walked off road to get to the village.  The views were really nice. We walked around the city, but since it was Sunday, so many places were closed.  I watched a video on YouTube mentioning the BEST place for granita, but unfortunately it was closed.  I was quite disappointed, so we decided to find a cafe.  We found a very good place.  The cannoli was phenomenal.  I was really happy with what we got. We walked around the village again, but since a lot of places were closed, we decided to head back to Catania.  We went to the fish market to get some fried squid.  Then we came across a cafe that had very nice sweets.  We walked back to the center and came across huge celebrations in different parts of the city.  Men were carrying huge structures for Saint Agata.  They were twirling them around and kids were sitting on them.  There were also confetti and fireworks.  It was quite a scene and cool to witness.  For dinner we decided to get pasta.  I tried the typical Catania dish, pasta Norma.  It was delicious.  It was a wonderfully busy and exciting day. 

                                                            started the day with an arancini



                                                        we gotta climb up to the village
                                                                it was quite steep
                                                                            great views though
                                                                abandoned church
                                                        Etna in the background






                                              unfortunately the best granita in the world was closed
                                                               the crab is smoking a cigarette
                                                        the whale is smoking a pipe
                                                               












                                                                    the BEST cannoli on the trip!
                                                cappuccino, cannoli and scacciate
                                                          we got these for free on our way out


                                                                            GIANT cannoli








                                                                cappuccino street













                                                                found a rock from Poland

                                                        in the bus going back to Catania

                                                                   inside the main church


                                                                yummy fried squid


                                                         one of the best sweets from the trip!



                                                                got a candy thrown at me


                                                                        bruschetta
                                                                pasta Norma, dish of the city