Germany/Sicily. Mama mia! - April 2012

Just got back from Germany and a few days in Sicily too.  So awesome!  The short time in Sicily was hardly enough to be teased, but I made the best of it! Sicily has so much to offer that I could hardly keep up. So much energy, so much life, so much zeal, so much wine!

Mt. Etna was a commanding presence from up in the air and she gave a show while I was there. She was not to be outshined by any other attraction and her performance was enough to grab my attention. She was spewing lava for a couple of hours at night! Red, hot lava! What a sight to see (from far enough away of course…mamma mia!) while sipping on some of Sicily’s finest wines!

I visited Taormina and watched and listened to the waves at night, checked out the open market  and Elephant Piazza in downtown Catania, drove a good way up Mt. Etna to some of her snowy peaks, and walked through ash from Mt. Etna on the sidewalks of Acireale!  

While I was in Sicily, it was Italy’s Liberation Day holiday.  Some newly found friends planned a day outing at the base of Mt. Etna. They prepared food in the true spirit of an Italian family! There was so much to eat and I got so caught up in the moment that I accidently ate horsemeat!  (No need to re-read, I said I ate horsemeat.)  Yikes!  Then, I intentionally ate horsemeat.  Yes, don’t ask.

One morning I had pastries drenched in some type of alcohol and canoles for breakfast, drank more wine than the actual time I spent on the island, and tried some of the best pasta I’ve ever had.  I got hooted at on the streets of Acireale (I still got it…hubby was happy to hear this), stared at a magnificent ocean early in morning and had the best family time.  It was really good big fun!

I would go back to Sicily tomorrow!

Written by Screenname TriniDiva (a.k.a. NSL-R) on 5/6/12 All photos taken by and are property of TriniDiva (a.k.a. NSL-R)