Carthage and some R&R in Sidi Bou Saïd
November 18, 2019 Carthage is not at all what this author expected. It is far larger than one can comprehend,…
November 2019
Wandering the Medina and New Town in Tunisia
November 26, 2019 Tunis is a very approachable town. It has a sense of ordered chaos about it. The streets…
Odds and Ends of Sicily
November 23, 2019 The Ear of Dionysus When the painter Michelangelo da Caravaggio, fled from Malta, he sought refuge in…
Mount Etna
November 22, 2019 A private tour with Davide, guide extraordinaire of Mount Etna Tours, was one of the most fascinating…
Caravaggio in Sicily
Caravaggio left Malta and was on the run for the second time in his life. He found his way to…
Wandering the West of Sicily
November 20, 2019 Hilltowns of Val di Noto In 1693 an earthquake struck parts of southern Italy near Sicily, Calabria,…
Villa Romana of Casale
November 19, 2019 The ancient Roman Villa of Casale in the town of Piazza Armerina The visible remains of the…
Exploring the Northwest of Sicily
November 18, 2019 Erice Eryx (associated with the Greek hero of the same name) as it was first called, has…
Segesta and Selinunte. Two Cities, Two Enemies, War
February 18, 2019 The colonization of Sicily in the 8th century BCE pretty much kept the Greeks to the East…
Arab Norman Palermo – Monreale
November 16, 2019 After the occupation of Palermo by the Arabs in 831 the Arabs transformed the Cathedral of Palermo…
Wandering Palermo With No Particular Place to Go
November 13, 2019 Folk Arts Puppets became popular in Sicily during the fifteenth century, and marionettes are still considered an…
Wandering the Historical Sites of Palermo
November 14, 2019 The Church of Saint Catherine of Alexandria St. Catherine’s of Alexandria has a bakery that is worth…
Arab-Norman Palermo
November 13, 2019 The Arabs influenced the island is in its cuisine, its dialect, its tastes and, its architecture. It…
Timeline of Sicily’s History
The layers of history in Sicily are complicated at best. Like most every country in the world that has ever…
Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo
November 12, 2019 The Capuchin Catacombs are a dichotomy. Everywhere there are signs that the place is a holy area…
Malta’s Neolithic Sites
November 2019 The historic timeline of Malta differed little from any other Neolithic society around the Mediterranean. That is, until…
Southern Malta
November 9, 2019 Mosta, Malta The Rotunda of Mosta is built in the neoclassical style, and its structure is based…
Protecting Malta
Valetta, Malta November 8, 2019 Protecting Valetta A harbor tour is the best way to understand the massive undertaking humanity…
Caravaggio and Malta
November 8, 2019 Caravaggio is a painter with a range that stupefies. These innocent paintings, while filled with sexual inuendos,…
Saint Johns Co-Cathedral
Valetta, Malta November 8, 2019 Recognized as one of the most incredible examples of the high baroque style, Saint Johns…
Malta and the Knights of Saint John
November 7, 2019 The Maltese Islands went through a golden Neolithic period. Later the Phoenicians, the Carthaginians, the Romans, and…