Experience Sicily

Tag: mountain

  • The Sicilian Skyscraper

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  • A Crater, the Wind, and I

    This week we’ve traversed Sicily, and we’ll do it again tomorrow! These last few days, we’ve gone from beautiful rock stacks at Lo Scopello to today’s below-freezing winds and falling snow at the top of the volcano Etna! At one point on the trek, the wind was so strong, I thought I was going to…

  • Go, Tell It On the Mountain

    Approaching Sutera.

  • Mount Pellegrino, 1950

    Mount Pellegrino from Mondello, 1950. Photo by my Uncle Stefano.

  • Etna: She Needs to Vent

    Mount Etna’s craters (there are sometimes as many as 20 vents) are always changing because the volcano is always erupting. Mongibello, as it is called by the locals, is 11,000 feet high. When visiting, the air may be chilling because of its elevation; however, you’ll feel heat when you put your hand on the black…