AND THEN WE WENT TO SICILY

I’ve been trying to get all my photos down to just a few that represent the fun trip we had to Sicily. I’m reminded of my dad showing slides of our vacations to various family members. We were captive in the dark since it was a slide show. I have the most vivid memory of the smell that came from the slide projector. I guess it was the light bulb warming the film or burning dust. I don’t know, but I can imagine that smell along with the hum of the slide projector. And I remember being interested for a bit – but then a dull boredom would set in.

All this to say – I’m about to show a bunch of vacation photos. Let the scrolling begin.

We flew into Catania on the East side of the island. We started out exploring a Roman theater. We discovered that Roman and Greek ruins were everywhere in Sicily. It felt hard to grasp just how old everything was. The sights were amazing but the interpretation was not great. Since the places like the theater below have been built upon and added to and endured earthquakes I wondered what was what exactly. But it was super interesting all the same.

Roman cat

Then we walked around Catania some more. The area was influenced by a big earthquake a few hundred years ago and many baroque buildings were built after that.

The first of many gelatos (chocolate and coconut)

We had to drive a bit to where we were staying that night. On the way we stopped at a small village called Brucoli. We examined the shells and little creatures and took in the fresh breeze. Aaaaaah.