#pizzolo

Non di solo Miele vive l'uomo! Tra gli eventi collaterali alla Sagra del Miele di Sortino vi segnaliamo Pizza! Food Festival. Alcuni tra i migliori pizzaioli d'Italia vi aspettano domenica 30 Settembre 2018 nella piazza dei Cappuccini per degustare l'alimento simbolo dell'Italia, insieme all'alimento simbolo di Sortino... il Pizzolo!

30 May 2015

Hello friends

As promised, here is the recap of the the first two days.

Thursday, May 28: I’ll start from where I made my last blog post from, Fiumicino International Airport. I boarded the plane as usual but it was unfortunately delayed by about 75 minutes. In the big picture, that’s not a very long delay; but regardless, it’s still annoying. I arrived in Catania and was met by my host brother, Stefano, and host mum, Alessandra. From there we drove to Siracusa and the entire time I was gleaming, inside and out. It was such an incredible feeling driving past and seeing all the places that I had seen everyday, just 2.5 years ago. We had to run a few errands during the evening and then returned home around 20:15 (8:15pm) to eat. We had spaghetti with tomato, zucchini, shrimp, and oil. It was freaking amazing! That night I unpacked my bags and wrote (A LOT). I went to bed around 01:30

Friday, May 29: I started the day by waking at around 09:00 (trying to beat the jet lag) and ate breakfast. Around 10:00 my host mum returned home and we went out to run some errands. We got my cell phone connected and working with Italian towers so that was a good start considering I hadn’t had any contact with friends or family in over half a day. (Did you worry about me?) That was my first time riding in Sicilian traffic in over two years (to make things better I was on a scooter) so while it took some readjustments, it was a lot of fun. I love crazy traffic! We returned home shortly after and had lunch: potatoes, sausage, and salad. Che buono! After lunch I went to Ortigia, the oldest part of the city, to see/meet a new friend. Her name is Brooke and she’s the Rotary exchange student in Siracusa this year. We went to a bar, talked for a while, had a drink, and then walked around Ortigia. It was pretty surreal seeing my favorite places in the city once again. I even found a few new shops, maybe I’ll buy some gifts from there and bring them back to America? Anyhow, I returned home and stayed there for a few hours before going out and seeing my best Italian friend, Fabiana, and her boyfriend, Emanuele. We ate pizzolo together and it was also very, very good. I returned home and here I am - writing this post. Excuse me for any errors, it’s very late and I’m still feeling the jet lag.

I don’t think I’m going to have a boring day this summer; I have a lot of people to catch up with and places I want to see. It should be a summer to remember!

Take care

Andrew