This landscape is from the terrace at Borgo Nocchiara near Carlentini. The evening before this photo was taken, I sat on a stone wall of the agriturismo looking out at these olive groves and vineyards. While the sun set, I listened to the sounds of the sheep’s bells hanging in the distance as the flock returned from pasture flowing down the far hill like a gentle stream.
Allison Scola is founder, owner, and curator of Experience Sicily and the Cannoli Crawl. Named one of the experts for the 2019 New York Times Travel Show, Scola writes and lectures on Sicily and leads immersive tours and designs custom itineraries that delight discerning travelers. She has been featured on Rudy Maxa’s World with the Carey’s, America’s #1 Travel Radio Show and as the cannoli expert in the documentary Cannoli, Traditions Around the Table. Scola has lectured about Sicily at University of Pennsylvania, The New School, LIU Post University, Queens College, Westchester Italian Cultural Center, at high schools in the New York City metropolitan area, and at events in New York City.
