Today, While sitting in the hot October Sicilian sun, While overlooking the Ionian Sea and La Montagna (Mt. Etna), While looking at my fellow yogis basking in the sun, While listening to the next-door-villa’s lovely Italian music filling the air, While feeling my heart sing and my eyes about to [...]
. You don't have to love cats to love these cats! They are adorable and they are all Sicilian cats. They seem to be everywhere. They especially love to hang out around the ancient Greek temples or in the Greek theaters or Roman amphitheaters. I haven't had much [...]
In 1958, Domenico Modugno, singer from the small Sicilian island of Lampedusa, wrote the famous song Volare. My guess is that most everyone knows the song, right? But what most people outside of Italy don’t know is that the original title of the song was Di Blu, Dipinto di Blu, [...]
Hello from Villa Saracena. Last evening's first yoga session of the week was dreamy. We focused on stretching our lower backs, hip flexors, and shoulders. We did a lot of side bending and yoga poses to decompress the well-traveled body. We focused on the breath and what a pleasure to [...]
How about if I make this all photos? That way I can post it without delay and get to sleep! Photos from our fabulous last day in Siracusa at the market, il mercato, where we had so much fun chatting with the vendors and taking it all in: terrace [...]
