This is Piazza Duomo, the central square in Catania. Also this is where the bus dumped us.
This is one of the many fountains in Catania. There is one in every square.
This is the amphitheater in the middle of town. It's old, and interesting to think about what might have happened there. And no I don't know what that says on the wall.
More amphitheater.
This is Russel Crowe the cat. In case you don't watch as many movies as I do Russel Crowe was in "Gladiator" and this cat lives in the amphitheater. It's a cute joke, trust me.
Half way up Via Etenea (it's obvious why this street is named such when you walk up it. Perfect view of the mountain) is this garden park. It's cool.
(ps from xx: what is it with back views of me when i look fat?? mom took one very similar in NO (when of course I had an excuse to look fat))
The crazy thing is that someone has to replant all this crap every day.
The clock works, in case you were wondering.
Here is the famed "fish market." Recently I drove by this place at night and save for the smell you would never know that is what went on during the day. There seems to be quite the theme of doing a lot of work every day to function.Oysters...yuck!
A guy shucking oysters for people to eat raw. Grody. I had a picture of one of the guys on our trip eating a raw oyster, but someone, who will remain nameless but is the only other person in this house who knows how the camera works, deleted that one because "it looked weird." That was the point. He was eating a raw oyster and grimacing, it wasn't supposed to look normal. Oh well.
I know someone who will appreciate this one, having chickens/roosters of their own.Can't say it wasn't warned though.
That's about all for now, next time we go somewhere interesting I will be sure to take the camera.
~Ciao xy
7 comments:
"Fat"?! Whatever! I'll show you some patients of mine who can't even get weighed unless they go to the zoo, then you can come back and talk to me about FAT (if one is over 400 .lbs, they have to be weighed at the zoo)
Also, the amphitheaters (or however you spell them) had wooden floors over the underground work areas, which is why you stare down at all the tunnels below. and according to the roman tour guide who talked to my german high school, they swear they didn't feed Christians to lions, that it's a myth "Hollywood made up"
what the truth is, I don't know.
great post btw.
first of all, you had a baby 18 hours later and so had the "ace" excuse. Now, as the continued sole provider of growth and nourishment for the boy (how many pounds now? what percentage? the local tall people are certainly hoping for above average in all categories), you might even have 2 ace excuses. so there. and I can out hip you any day, sad to say.
dad's birthday today. he's old like me now.
and the chicken picture was prescious. made me a little hungry. shoot, I went shopping today and forgot bbq sauce.
E you are not fat, you do not look fat you're perfect and D should be telling you this :-)
the pics are great!!!
(and I mean all of them...)
I was trying to figure out what was so special about 9/29 in sicily. Do they seriously replant every day? a lawn calendar? That's just weird.
yup a living calendar. crazy Italians
I'm guessing the date plants are in pots, but we didn't go up to inspect.
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