The Giant Artichoke
We know that in Australia there are a lot of ‘big things’ around the country in all sorts of unexpected places – the big lobster, the big banana, the…
Easter Celebrations in Sicily and in Palermo (“La Santa Pasqua”)
Pasqua or Easter is one of the most solemn celebrations in the Christian Liturgy, commemorating the death and the resurrection of Jesus Christ and the passage – Pesach or Pasqua-…
MUMMIES.. and Daddies and others.. in Palermo’s Catacombs
A visit to Palermo’s Catacombs is certainly not for the squeamish but it is one of those ‘not to miss’ places if you are visiting Palermo, simply because there…
Lampedusa: Tripadvisor votes Sicilian beach world’s most beautiful
The secret is out, fortunately and unfortunately! What was for most Sicilians a “Secret Lagoon and Beach” in the shores of the island of Lampedusa, primarily visited by the locals…
An Hispano-Sicilian Tale
Before I start this article, I have to confess a personal interest: these locations are my two great cultural loves. They say that love is blind, but I want to…
Ferragosto – A Magical Midsummer Celebration!
Next week it will officially be midsummer according to the Italian calendar as the entire peninsula celebrates ‘Ferragosto’ on the 15th August. This festival derives from the Latin Feriae…
NEW YORK MEETS SANT’AMBROGIO, SICILY
For quite some time the Pro-Loco (local tourist office) and I had been organising the arrival of the New York Choral Society in Sant’Ambrogio, Sicily where they were going…
TURANDOT, TAORMINA and a TALE OF TWO LOVES
(A Taste of Taormina) By: F. Anthony D’Alessandro We’d returned to paradise. My wife Adele and I selected Taormina, Sicily as our earthly paradise. Once we landed in Catania…