This renovated hut at the end of a cul de sac with new houses along each side is obviously a remnant of the past. There are two rooms and the front one has what appears to be a fireplace in one corner. There aren’t doors but gates. Cette cabane rénovée qui se trouve au bout …
Monthly Archives: March 2019
Pansy Faces – Visages pensifs
Home to our Hyacinths – De retour à nos jacinthes
Postcard from Sicily – Monreale
Each of the capitals on top of the 228 columns of the Monreale Cloisters, built on a hill overlooking Palermo, is intricately sculpted with motifs influenced by Provençal, Burgundian, Arab and Salerno medieval art. Chacun des chapiteaux des 228 colonnes du cloître de Monreale construit sur une hauteur surplombant Palerme est superbement sculpté avec des …
Postcard from Sicily – Palermo Cathedral
There is no mistaking the Norman, Moorish, Gothic and Baroque influences of this Unesco heritage cathedral in Palermo. Les influences normandes, mauresques, gothiques et baroques sont toutes évidentes dans cette cathédrale classée au patrimoine mondiale de l’Unesco.
Postcard from Sicily – Etna ancora
When we were leaving Taormina this morning Etna was bright and clear. Unfortunately we didn’t have time to go back to the amphitheatre for another photo. En quittant Taormina ce matin on voyait très distinctement Etna mais in n’avait pas le temps de retourner à l’amphithéâtre prendre une autre photo.
Postcard from Sicily – Etna
We waited all day to see it and we finally did! The snow capped peak of Etna is in the middle of that opening at the Ancient Greek/Roman amphitheatre of Taormina. Nous avons attendu toute la journée pour la voir et on a enfin réussi! Le somment enneigé d’Etna se trouve au milieu de l’ouverture …
Postcard from Sicily – Taormina
A few rays of sunshine at last and a change of architecture in Taormina. Piazza del duomo with is cathedral built in 1400. Very subdued compared with all the baroque we’ve been seeing. Quelques rayons de soleil enfin et un changement d’architecture à Taormina. Piazza del duomo avec sa cathédrale construite en 1400. Très soft …
Postcard from Sicily – Modica
This is the view from our bedroom and roof terrace in Modica, Voici la vue de notre chambre et toit terrasse à Modica.
Postcard from Sicily – Piazza Archimede
Archimedes after whom the piazza was named was born in Syracuse in the 3rd century BC but the fountain of Diane the Huntress was built in 1906. The second photo is a typical street on the island of Ortigia on the tip of Syracuse. Archimède qui a donné son nom à cette place est né …