Today Ang and Kirst leave us after what has to have been the very best of times. A wonderful 5 days mixing up lazing about and a bit of exploring south eastern Sicily.
We did get our act together the day before yesterday and headed off for a day in Taormina. It is a wonderful, medieval town very pretty but packed full of tourists…of the large group variety. Still we enjoyed wandering around, we sat down for an easy lunch, walked up to the Teatro Greco but decided not to go in at 10 Eu a pop. Then decided we wanted to get back in the pool so we headed home. We had mussels and pork chops left over from feast day and we got stuck into them for dinner. It is so very lovely cooking on the BBQ and sitting out on the terrace with the sea breezes wafting in, looking across at Etna.
Yesterday we had a lunch booking at an expensive, michelin star restaurant in Ragusa. We set off around 10am so that we had time to explore the old town of Ragusa ‘Ibla’. We took a while to get there given the confusion experienced by the GPS, who has turned into Bruce. At one point it was trying to make us go off-road…a command we wisely resisted! Anyway we got to Ragusa, found Ibla and headed up to Piazza Duoma. We found the restaurant, also called Duomo, and had the most delicious, leisurely and pleasant lunch. It was a lunch time set menu and it was really, really wonderful. It came with 3 glasses of wine and they happily accommodated Kirst’s requirement of well cooked food. There was a primi of spaghetti with sardines and wonderful ‘other’ flavours, a main of fabulous beef and a desert of ricotto canolo, but of a very wonderful, superior variety. One of the treats of the meals was the little palate teasers between courses, such as an amazing truffle ice-cream. All in all a great meal. We then walked the town a bit more, up to the panoramic point and around, back to the car and back home via the supermarket to pick up the essentials of life, beer and wine.
We had a picky, leftovers meal of lovely meats and cheeses, anchovies etc last night after our Ragusa adventure. All good and off to bed.
This morning we’ve been lounging about, we have had a glorious swim in the ocean, absolutely unsurpassed heavenlyness. Now the boys have started to watch the football, have a final beer (wine!) and soon head off for the airport to go to Rome. I hate goodbyes at airports so I think I’ll stay home!!