Take a deep breath and slowly exhale… That’s what I want to do when I see this countryside outside of Licodia Eubea, Sicily, where Experience Sicily is hosting an immersive, family-friendly 10-day travel experience in July. I, Allison Scola, will be your tour leader, and I’ll take care of all of the details so you…
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LIVE, Day 5, Stirring Sicily East: The Land Teaches Us
We saw the landscape where they graze. We now understand their daily milking routine. We learned how their milk is used to make different cheeses. We tasted the cheeses made from all of these elements and the air and sun. Thank you to these gentle sheep for giving us sustenance!
What I Learned in Sicily Today
Today in the countryside, the sheep showed me the way: be one with the earth. Become one with the earth with me in Sicily! Experience Sicily is offering 4 tours in 2017. Learn more and join me at http://experiencesicily.com
View in Sambuca di Sicilia
View of the countryside at Planeta’s Ulmo vineyard with windmills (Sambuca di Sicilia)
Fields of Gold
When I met the music duo Fratelli Mancuso in Sutera, their hometown, they told me that when they were boys, they played on this hillside.
Rolling Hills
The Sicilian countryside at Segesta.
Why the Romans Loved Sicily
Sicily’s interior is rich with wheat.
A Shack in the Sicilian Countryside
In Sicily, farmers traditionally didn’t live “on the farm.” They lived in town (For centuries when bandits were a serious daily menace, it was much safer.), and each day, they traveled to “the country” to tend their gardens and livestock (In many places today, they still do.). Still, when “in campagna,” storage shacks offered shelter…
Sicily in Springtime is Green
Springtime in Sicily’s Madonie Mountains near Polizzi Generosa.