Day 1: Stirring Sicily East Live

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Those who took Air Italy to arrive at Catania, Sicily arrived on time and happy. Those who took a German airline with missed connections needed to go shopping due to lost luggage! But in that, there is an opportunity!

This evening, I took two of our guests into Carlentini, near where we are staying, for a shopping excursion. Roberto took great care of John to find some beautiful pants and shirts to wear until his bags arrive. Roberto was a master–all he needed to do was look at John, and he guessed his sizes and picked out beautiful new threads! John was feeling quite stylish! After the men’s store, we went to the linens store for socks and underwear. I translated. Mission accomplished. We were superstars in the piazza (“Who are these strangers?” The locals whispered), and then off to our Welcome Dinner we went!

Tomorrow, we get cooking in Sicily!

Benvenuti!

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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.

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