First impressions Erice is one of the most recommended places to visit if you are anywhere near Trapani. Every guide says it. Every video says it. Every person who has ever visited the area says it. We used to ignore advice like that, trying very hard to be the kind
What we expected before going Before our first trip to Palermo, we did what everyone does. We read Reddit. We watched a few videos. And the message everywhere was the same. Palermo is dirty. Palermo is full of trash. Palermo is chaos. And, at the danger of being painfully shallow,
Starting over in Sicily Moving here was a dream, yes, but it was also our way out. We had reached a point where our old life felt heavy and stuck and we knew we needed a change. Sicily became that place for us. Where we imagined we could finally breathe,
Everyday Life
Why We Avoided Trapani At First I will be honest, friends, because that is the kind of relationship we want to build here. We kept delaying Trapani. We expected not to like it. We imagined something similar to Cefalù which is beautiful, of course... But at that moment we were
Before coming to Sicily, Villa Romana del Casale wasn’t even on our list. TripAdvisor mentioned it, but there wasn’t much useful information anywhere. We didn’t know what to expect, but certainly not what we found. It was a very hot August day, the kind of heat where
We were looking for a winery somewhere close to Terrasini, nothing too far, nothing too complicated. The plan was simple: my friends were coming over and, honestly, visiting a Sicilian winery is basically mandatory at this point. And, as usual, I started looking way too late. Like “why am I
Enna wasn’t supposed to be a big thing. It started as a simple “let’s stop by” on our way back from the Roman hunting house near Piazza Armerina, the one with mosaics so perfectly preserved it makes you wonder if the Romans secretly had underfloor heating and Insta.
We always imagined that the beginning of our Sicilian chapter would feel cinematic. Soft sunlight, a quiet coastline, maybe even a dramatic musical score if the universe was feeling generous. Instead, it began with a fully packed car, a slightly stressed dog, and two adults trying to decode the mysteries