the final curtain
Back in Syracuse and while standing with Archimedes I had my own Eureka moment. I suddenly knew I had been in the sun a little...
Category: Sicily
are you following me?
I went to Agrippa’s pad high in the hills to meet LaLa’s cousin. The castle oddly unguarded and desolate. I didn’t like the look of...
the creature from the wrack lagoon
Flotsam or Jetsam..? There was no joy so far in setting up a meeting with LaLa’s cousin so I went to bed early to rise...
catania in hell’s chance
I hopped onto the train to Catania and arrived there 3 days later. The trains here have been so much better since EU money had...
more syracuse news
The word on the terribly narrow streets were that LaLa was to be found in Casa di Dogana. It was a safe place for street...
syracuse: it’s all greek to me
Archimedes of Syracuse It was suggested that I travel to Syracuse. Once the Greek Empire’s second city after Athens. This was a city of lies...
high gardens and low escapes
By scrambling to the top of the wall I could see a beachside house but this being May it was still empty. If I...
the eyes of laura marsala
Bag Search I drove today to Modica in search of a bag similar to one hanging in the villa’s kitchen. Helen had fallen for...
thirsty work this detecting…
Just metres along the beach from my villa is an archeological park full of roman ruins by greek refugees. A whole village almost. Some are...
le nozze di gigolo
Ragusa Ibla is a steep banked hillside city with sweeping views and houses piled above each other climbing skywards. At the rear of this square...