So everything has been very busy. With just about every moment of free time, we (all of the students) go explore the city even from 1-4pm during "il pranzo," which is the equivalent to a siesta or nap time. On Saturday we took a field trip for orientation to a nature reserve called Vendicari about 90 mins from the dorms. It is the home to many birds migrating to and from Africa. Though we didn't see many birds, the area is on the coast which was beautiful. We rode a bus along the coast to get there and the area was filled with fields and fields of orange and lemon trees. The beach itself was gorgeous and the weather was gorgeous. I even got sunburnt (in January) as we ate our lunch on some Byzantine ruins and baked in the sun. We had fresh bread, prosciutto, and mozzarella sandwiches for lunch with fresh fruit. yummm! We did lots of walking (as always) and exploring of the different flora and fauna of Sicily.
Then we stopped at a town called Noto on the way back. It is the capital of Sicilian Baroque. The buildings were beautiful, but unfortunately we didn't have too much time to explore. The town was much smaller than Catania and had a very small-town feel, which of course I liked.
Overall, it was a very wonderful trip. Pictures are posted on an online album so check it out.
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http://picasaweb.google.com/adove87/VendicariENoto#If you have trouble, let me know.
Peace and Prayers
2 comments:
Wow, its so beautiful.
I am so incredibly jealous. Those pictures are gorgeous.
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