Lucky Russ has a birthday in July so we are usually free to have a birthday trip. This July, since we are already in Sicily, he wanted to visit Ortygia (the little peninsula at the end of Siracusa). Only fitting, don’t you think, for a retired math teacher to visit the birthplace of Archimedes. So, […]
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Ever since we arrived in Scicli, our eyes have been drawn up to the church located right behind our apartment…..on top of a high, high hill. Early one morning, before the impossible heat set in, we decided to explore. It was an uphill climb, fascinating and silent in the early morning, and along the way […]
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