“Located at the edge of Europe, facing Africa and the Middle-East, it is portrayed as a transitory space where territories, cultures and history overlap and intertwine.”
For centuries, the isola bedda (the beautiful island) has seduced us.
Living Under Mt. Etna
“Day and night until summer’s out, he forgoes the need for shoes…As the true islanders do.”
“Antonino Di Franco, known as Nino il Barbiere, greets the only people with us on the beach: a gentleman and a fisherman whose boat everyone knows, with its red and baroque designs, very Sicilian.”
“What she does have is grit (Catania is definitely a woman), scruffiness and darkness that makes her fascinating to get to know.”
“A place of enchantment where I will always end up finding myself: on the stretch of water looking out from the boat on myself.”
“What does it mean to become attached to a place, to feel it and recognise it without having any particular link to it.”
“I’m only happy at sea, on the way between an island I have just left and another that I have yet to reach “ Dear Diary 1993
“Here, here I feel that I could do something”
Summer in Sicily. The air is hot and dry and Ella and I hit the ground running as we arrive into Palermo, sucked into the nighttime vortex of Vucciria market for a song, dance and perhaps one too many negronis. Voooolaaaaareeeee. Our road trip starts here, but it’s no ordinary summer holiday. This time, we’re […]
An interview with Sergio Casoli, owner of the restaurant and guesthouse La Pensione Sirena, situated in the ancient seaside village of Pecorini a Mare. Sergio was kind enough to open up and share about his personal relationship with the island of Filicudi. As a real island veteran, his insights help reveal a bit more […]
A travel story about the Sicilian island in the Aeolian archipelago
“A festa ‘i sant’Àjita”
