Waving a red scarf, this woman depicted in the Room of the Dance at the Villa Romana del Casale in Piazza Armerina wears a decorative dress, elegant jewelry (note her bangles), and red shoes. She’s even sporting a cat eye makeup style! I like this woman! Archeologists think this 3rd/4th century C.E. mosaic was inspired…
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The Chamber Of The Ten Maidens
This scene from the UNESCO site Villa Romana del Casale is commonly known as the “Bikini Girls,” but did you know the official name for this palestra within the Roman Villa is the “Chamber of the Ten Maidens?” Learn this factoid and others like it tonight during Experience Sicily’s Trivia Happy Hour with Carla Gambescia,…
Bring Heat To Your 2020 With A Trip To Sicily
Bring heat to your 2020 with a trip to Sicily! I’m thrilled to announce our Experience Sicily 2020 small-group, multisensory tours. May, June, July, and September… all of the details are at https://experiencesicily.com/2020-tours-of-sicily/. The joy we’ll create together will warm your soul for years to come. Amuni’! Let’s experience Sicily together! (Photo Credit: Chiara Musumeci…
What To Pack For Your Spring Trip to Sicily
Packing for any trip is a chore, but packing for Sicily in springtime is a mystery! Our Experience Sicily clients receive a comprehensive packing list in their tour preparation packets, yet I don’t get into specifics about clothes because there is such a difference depending on the time of year. Just like anywhere during this…
Stealing Oranges In Sicily
In the shadow of the erupting Mount Etna, Giancarlo Giuseppe Buonanno let me steal oranges off of his trees this afternoon. I filled my pockets! He also cultivates olives for outstanding olive oil. You can purchase it from Gelsomino Imports, LLC in the US.
Day 1: Stirring Sicily East Live
LIVE Day 1: Experience Sicily’s Stirring Sicily East 2018 with Zest! (Lititz, Penn.) and Chef Nino Elia … 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…
Listen for The Chants During Il Festino
“Il festivo,” which takes place in Palermo on the evening of July 14 in honor of Santa Rosalia, is a big street party that unifies the city’s citizens through a procession that symbolically purifies the metropolis from the evils that have long afflicted it. The events of the party are a mix of folklore, religion,…
Bring Home Something One Of A Kind
I love my new earrings (one pair of a handful I bought or was given while in Sicily in May) featuring the leaf of the fichi d’india cactus prevalent throughout Sicily! These were hand crafted by Cathenica Boutique and although, one of a kind, others like them and more may be purchased at Triscele ALAB…
Where Are Your Carnevale Masks?
Hey, guys, where are your masks? For Carnevale, it has been tradition for centuries to dress in costume in order to hide one’s identity. … Let’s start from the beginning. So, “carne” means meat, but really, it means flesh. In this case, flesh is for body. In pre-Christian times, this period of CARNE-vale, before the…
Meet An Artist in Palermo
I’ve spent a busy couple of days in Palermo seeing cousins, doing some business, and scouting out artists’ shops and workshops for our Experience Sicily clients to consider visiting when they are in Italy’s 2018 Capital of Culture. For example, if you are a knitter, and I know some of you are, you could spend…