you may ask, of all places to visit? Because, in addition to its amazing topography--the largest island in the Med., covered in mountains and topped off with volcanic Mount Etna--parts or all of Sicily were captured and, thus influenced, by Greece, Carthage, Rome, the Vandals (featuring Theodoric!), the Byzantine Empire, and even the Normans! And I'm told, although I haven't confirmed, that there are more Greek ruins today in Sicily than there are in Greece...that's a bit too much to swallow.
Anyway, in doing a little research, I came across this timely quote from the Christian scholar Jerome (347-420 A.D.) regarding the Visigoth's sacking of Rome in 410 A.D.: "IF ROME CAN PERISH, WHAT CAN BE SAFE." See...everybody thinks their civilization is invincible and everybody's a fool.
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The Travel Team
I join the Professor....
(Leslie M., of philosophy) after he completes his first summer course in Europe. He is the designated driver, I, the navigator. And whenever disputes arise, I am, in the words of our idiot leader, the Decider. Or in Leslie's words, the Grand Poobah.
Itinerary
- Rome
- Naples
- Pompeii, Herculaneum
- Taormina, Sicily
- Siracusa, Sicily
- Agrigento, Sicily
- Palermo, Sicily
- Athens
- Delphi
- Nafplios
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- We found the Villa Borghese and it was closed...
- Lots of old stuff...
- We're here and we're sweating...
- On the way out of the country...
- The dollar's drowning and the heat wave is on...
- How do you say "talcum" in Italian?
- That damn Leslie...
- That marvelous internet...
- Another London update...
- From the land of "toad in the hole" and "bangers a...
- The Schedule
- Why Sicily...
- Some pre-travel reflections
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3 comments:
PJ? The designated driver? Aiiiii!
I can't wait. Let the sparring begin.
Great Post...
buy i've studied the History of Siicly...but really sicily was occuped by barbari?
Best regards
Enrico
Wait! PJ as a designated driver? Something is askew, here, methinks.
Rome, Athens, and Delphi, huh? PJ, keep an eye on him at the gelato bar in old Athens or he will become unmanageable.
Please say hi to Pope John Paul and to the Merchant Marine restaurant owner.
I noticed that the great planner decider did not put any dates on the posted itinerary, not even estimated!? So where are you now and how long there, roughly?
I will post a pic of me from my trip this week to Ft. Davis. It's not Europe, but it included volcanically formed mountains and it is the highest town in Texas, (mile high), so we slept with our windows open.
Be safe!
Licky Philpot
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