Preston Carl goes outside: our apartment March '08

March 2008

SICILY

We flew into Catania Airport and drove south to Relais Torre Marabino in Ispica. RTM was an old fortress renovated into an elegant hotel located on an organic farm, Natura Iblea. From Ispica, we drove to Agrigento, Modica, Noto, Pozallo, Ragusa, Siracusa and Taormina.

Playground

Firing slit from our fortress bedroom.

Organic products produced at the farm.

Countryside around the fortress.

5th century BC greek temples

Sicilian fruit

Shopping street in Taormina

Castemola-overlooking Taormina

Teatro Antico Di Taormina

Mt. Etna 10000+ active volcano

The Duomo in Noto

City Hall

Fiat 500cc Classic

Sicilian Pastries

Decorated Marzipan Eggs

Cave church

Wine production line at Torre Marabino Winery.

Oak barriques

Tour of the Valle Delle Acate Winery

Cava d'Ispica with 4000 tombs.

Circus from Rome that came to Modica.

Front row seats.

Free popcorn from the clown.

Overlooking Modica

Sunday in Ragusa with our Sicilian friends.

Touring in our rented Fiat estate wagon.

'The Ear'-guards could hear prisoners at the back of the cave.

Water below Siracusa city walls.

The shadows of our reflections in the water.