Tag: Palermo
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It Takes A Village
Thank you to everyone who came to meet us at the Experience Sicily booth and hear us during our concerts at this weekend’s New York Times Travel Show … from the stateside team: Madeleine, Giulia, and me, Allison (pictured)! (We missed our Sicily side team led by Evelina!) I especially want to thank my father…
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Join Us at the NY Times Travel Show This Weekend
Join us at the 2018 New York Times Travel Show, today, Sat. Jan., 27, and tomorrow, Sun., Jan. 28. in New York City at the Javits Center! Find Experience Sicily at Booth #665. (Here I am during yesterday’s trade day talking with some intrepid travelers!). Additionally, I’ll be performing Sicilian folk music on the Europe…
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Let’s Go To The Show
Amuni’! Let’s go! Hop on board for the 2018 New York Times Travel Show, Sat. Jan., 27 and Sun., Jan. 28. in New York City at the Javits Center! Experience Sicily invites you to visit us at Booth #665. Additionally, I’ll be performing Sicilian folk music on the Europe Culture Stage on Sat. at 12:45…
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Learning from San Sebastiano
His story is a bit extreme, however, it’s a good reminder to me to keep the faith and get up again over and over. Although San Sebastiano lived and died in Rome, in Sicily on January 20, the early Christian martyr is celebrated with fervor in the towns of Acireale (Catania), Tortorici (Messina), and Barcellona…
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Noticing the Normal
Old door and balcony, Palermo
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Join Us Jan. 27-28 at The NY Times Travel Show
Learn about travel to Sicily and Sicily Tours at the New York Times Travel Show Jan. 27 – 28. You’re invited as our guest!
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Travel to Sicily This May
Come with me to Sicily! We’ve got one spot left on our May 2018 Sicily tour, Myths & Mysteries of Sicily, for a couple or a single traveler! Together we will delight in a multi-sensory, off-the-beaten path experience that will stir your soul. Contact me today to travel to Sicily with a small group at…
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Giving, Norman-Sicilian Style
In the late 12th century, Norman King William II, “The Good” (1172-1189) commissioned Monreale Cathedral in the mountains south of Palermo, where he spent much time hunting in the woods. Legend is that one day after a hunt, while napping under a tree, the Virgin Mother appeared to William in a dream and told him…
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Grace and Shame
This graceful and flirtatious woman is one statue in a series that adorns the (in)famous fountain that dominates Palermo’s Piazza Pretoria. Originally designed and constructed in 1554-55 by Florentine sculptor Francesco Camilliani for the garden of a Tuscan villa, it was purchased and augmented by the city of Palermo in 1573. Depicting nude gods, goddesses,…