#modica

Bella Italia in the spotlight right now!

Modica, Sicilia

Cioccolato di Modica

L'Année du Cheval s'annonce et avec elle, une très longue série équine de photos (sur plusieurs jours) !

Ici des chevaux dans l'art Renaissance, ou Baroque (et apparentés !)

Marseille, MAMA (Maison de l'Artisanat et des Métiers d'Art) - expo "Inspirations Animales" - Victor - "Cavalcade de St-Eloi"

Modica (Sicile) - Duomo San Giorgio

Compiègne (Picardie)

Louvre-Lens, expo "Champollion" - peut-être Jean I Lenoir - "La Traversée de la mer Rouge, 1600

Part 1

Today Baz explored some of the historic towns of southeast Sicily. First he stopped in Modica, where some of the first chocolate was made in Europe after cocoa beans started being imported from the New World. The town is still full of chocolate factories, and Baz enjoyed a literal melted candy bar before checking out the town.

Baz was bummed that the Warhol exhibit didn’t open until later in the day, but the Baroque cathedral was an acceptable substitute.

Next Baz visited Scicli, where people have been digging caves out of the soft volcanic rock for centuries, and continued living in them until the 1950s. He visited a museum maintained by a man whose grandfather grew up in one. No numpties in were in evidence.

Baz below the caves.

After all that educational sightseeing, Baz had earned an afternoon at the beautiful Donnalucata beach.

The water was perfect.

Baz returned that night to Ragusa Ibla, where he grudgingly rode the Trenino Barocco (“baroque little train”) along with fifty of his newest, drunkest best friends. He secretly loved it but refused to be photographed on it.

Baz’s view from the trenino:

Cqoming up in Part 3: Baz experiences some unique Sicilian weather, explores local cuisine, and finds a new life motto.

Modica