Take me to Italy

20/01/2024

The new Fiat Topolino

18/01/2024

06/08/2022

Kitesurfing in Stagnone, Marsala

29/05/2022

2022 San Vito Lo Capo international kite festival.
Live from the flying field!
Festival internazionale degli aquiloni San Vito Lo Capo 2022.
In diretta dal campo volo!

18/04/2022

The Giant Cassata
Festa di li Schietti - Terrasini (Sicily)

18/04/2022

"Festa di li Schietti" - Terrasini (Sicily)

07/03/2022

Enjoy some delicious Sicilian salami made by Roberto Campisi, one of the best butcher's on the island.
If you're on your way back to Palermo after having visited Cefalù, then stop over at La Bottega della Carne in Caccamo (province of Palermo) and get some tender meat and tasty sausage to take home.

30/01/2022

Borgo Parrini (Partinico), Sicily

18/01/2022

The Original Pecorino Romano!
It's time for some delicious "Spaghetti with cacio and pepe".
You gotta love Italy!!

13/12/2021

Arancine All you can eat!
You gotta love Italy!

12/12/2021

Squid ink spaghetti.
You gotta love Italy!!!

26/11/2021

Orange pork loin 🍊🍊🍊🐷🐷🐷
Arista di maiale all'arancia 🍊🍊🍊🐷🐷🐷
You gotta love Italy!!!

20/11/2021

Fresh fish

20/11/2021

❤️❤️❤️ PALERMO ❤️❤️❤️

14/11/2021

The portrait of Madonna del Ponte making its way back to the sanctuary two years later due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Madonna del Ponte (literally translated as Our Lady of the Bridge) takes place during the midweek following Easter, that is from Thursday to Saturday evening with a firework display over its sanctuary. During the annual celebration, thousands of devotees go on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary with their torches lit, while saying prayers and reciting the Holy Rosary.
On the day of the feast (Sunday following Easter) at midday, the portrait is put on the traditional "vara" and taken to the Church of Maria Santissima Annunziata located in the main square of the Town of Partinico. As the procession arrives in the evening, the local civil authorities, clergy, band and citizens take over and continue the religious procession round the streets of the town. At about midnight the procession finally arrives at the aforementioned church, where the portrait will remain till mid November so that the devotees of the neighbouring towns can visit the church and pray the Holy Virgin. It is believed that Madonna del Ponte performs miracles and saves lives, mainly those of people who have been involved in both car and motorcycle accidents. As a matter of fact, there is a specific area inside the sanctuary where survivors have actually donated their broken motorcycle helmets, damaged vehicle parts, old prosthetic implants so as to witness their miracles. There are also several paintings of agricultural accidents which survivors have had painted by local artists so that visitors can learn more about Madonna del Ponte's great miracles.
Today the portrait makes its way back to the small sanctuary located in a valley between the towns of Balestrate and Trappeto. The sanctuary can be easily reached by getting off the Palermo - Mazara del Vallo motorway at the Balestrate exit.
You gotta love Italy!

11/11/2021

Celebrating San Martino (Saint Martin)!
This evening we're having some typical Sicilian sweets filled with ricotta and a glass of fine 2012 Merlot made by Cusumano Winery.
Compliments to Di Trapani Bakery and Cusumano Winery, Sicily.
You gotta love Italy! Cusumano
Best Italian Winemaker of the year 2021!
www.cusumano.it

10/11/2021

U suli spuntò! ☀️☀️☀️☀️
The sun has risen! ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️
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You gotta love Italy!
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10/11/2021

Queen of Finger food.
Have you ever had a homemade Sicilian arancina?
Ours are simply delicious!
These fried rice balls are usually filled either with ragù or with ham and mozzarella cheese.
In the Catania area "arancine" have a conical shape inspired by the Etna volcano.
Make sure get enough of them during you next trip to Sicily.
You gotta love Italy!

10/11/2021

Let there be light! Carpe diem. ***WEATHER WARNING***

07/11/2021

Fresh homemade tomato sauce.
No preservatives!

06/11/2021

Night view of the stacks in Terrasini, Sicily.
You gotta love Italy!

06/11/2021

On November 11th Italians, especially Sicilians, enjoy eating some delicious hard biscuits named "biscotti di San Martino" (Saint Martin biscuits) while dipping them in Moscato or any new homemade wine.
The story goes that Saint Martin of Tours was a Roman soldier who was baptised as an adult and later became bishop of a French town. The most remarkable of his saintly acts was when he decided to cut his cloak in half and share it with a seminude beggar he met while travelling on horseback during a snowstorm, saving him from the cold. Later on, along that same journey, the sun came out and the temperature got warmer. This is where the "Estate di San Martino" (The Summer of San Martino) comes from.
San Martino and the so-called “Summer of San Martino” period in Sicily are celebrated with sweets and wine while in other parts of Italy local residents organize sagras (small food festivals) with autumn chestnuts and new wines as their main theme. Although not too many Italians really know the story of San Martino, they will definitely enjoy the day celebrating with delicious food and some fine wine. November 11, the day of the commemoration of the saint also coincides with the end of the grape harvest period in Italy. So that is why the Sicilian proverb goes "On Saint Martin's Day every must becomes wine".
You gotta love Italy!