Southeast Sicily « baroquesicily.com - Sicily Stories and Travel Tips from Jann Huizenga

Welcome Back Sun

March 27, 2015

Sicily, Sunny Sicily, was underwater most of March. I wasn’t here til three days ago, but i knew the moment I set foot in the house; water washed down walls, the floor was ponding.

But there’s a bright new sky today. Lizards slither. Underwear waves on balconies. Palm and olive branches abound.

Sicilians are still swaddled in winter gear.

Though tourists are convinced it’s summer.

Carmelo, my favorite barista in the whole world, is once again serving outdoors. He hasn’t set eyes on Kim for almost a year, and yet he remembered his drink: a doppio, double espresso.

Hope you’re having a great weekend!

Tanti baci della Sicilia,

jann

Summer’s End

September 9, 2014

Cari amici, where’ve you been??? I’ve missed you.

And I miss aromatic streets where sheets billow out like sails. People with olive-black eyes. Sun crawling over the cupola. Loud-mouthed merchants and tiny old ladies. Chaos at the post office. Jasmine growing wild.

I’ll be back in Sicily before too long I hope, but till then, here are a few more things I miss.

Hope you had a wonderful August, Dear Reader, and thanks for stopping by.

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June 15, 2014

I went to a wedding the other night on my church steps. I wasn’t invited, of course, but what I love about Sicilian weddings is that tourists and others can stumble through the church while the wedding is underway and hang around afterwards. Weddings here are fashion shows. (And the bride wasn’t the only one in lace.) Sicilians may be experiencing serious economic woes, but you’d never know it judging by their glad rags.