Portugal, Paris, Sicily and Florence

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I just love a good food market and Ortigia’s market did not disappoint.
Lots of great food stalls, some giving free samples. Lots of seafood of all kinds. Great fruit and veges. I purchased some tasty strawberries, oranges, peaches and cherry tomatoes. All so flavoursome. Mr Ellen10 enjoyed a plate of oysters, accompanied by some fowl white wine.

We enjoyed a delicious cold meats and cheese platter for lunch from La Salmeria Fratelelli Burgos, also famous for their tasty fresh made sandwiches. We purchased from the inside deli some prosciutto and aged cheese for later on.

They also had a souvenir market filled with lots of things to buy and the prices were much cheaper than Taormina.

Wifi if not so good here. So I will try and post photos later.

 

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I agree. I found Ortigia much cheaper than Taormina

 

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We did an afternoon trip to Noto caught the local Interbus, $18 for two, a 1 hour trip. The trains are not going south because of track work.
Noto is a baroque town especially lovely in at the afternoon, when the sun sets on the honey coloured buildings. There is quite a few tour groups that come here for glow of the afternoon.

We wandered around and then sat and had a cool drink people watching. We then joined the bus scrum trying to catch the right bus back to Ortigia. The buses never run on time, so when a half sized bus arrived, going to our destination, we jumped on with a couple of young Aussie girls living in London. Lucky to get a seat, we didn’t have a ticket the bus driver didn’t care he just wanted to get out of the mess!

 

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Wifi will not let me load too many photos at a time

 

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Near our wonderful apartment is the museum of puppetry. A very interesting story on how they made the puppets and how it has been part of Sicily for 100s of years.
We also saw a performance in the little local theatre, although in Italian was very entertaining and masterful