Due Anni in Sicilia (3 pics)
 

Two years ago yesterday, Crystal and I departed the United States, leaving behind friends, family, and the suffocating police state which always accompanies a welfare/warfare nation. We traded that in for the stifling economic malaise of Sicily, an island which affords people the chance to get a whole lot of nothing done, work wise, but rewards people of low time preference with great food, unique views, litter, 3rd-rate graffiti, and a safe place to raise a family. Life is simply a series of trade-offs.

When we first arrived in Sicily, we lived in Capo D'Orlando. It remains one of my favorite cities on the island.

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I took this picture of Capo D'Orlando from the Sanctuario which overlooks it.


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If I were going to own a mountain hideaway, it would be in San Marco which has incomparable views. San Marco caps a mountain between Sant'agata and Capo D'Orlando.


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Cefalu is a popular tourist attraction. In the Summer of 2008, we ran into a few LSU fans here from back home (New Orleans).


Now we live in Palermo, and next year I want to live in Trapani, and after that I think we'll live on one of the Isole Eolie. This island will remain home, however, until America declares war on us for some trumped up charge or another.

WTF am I doing not doing this...

Would love to chat more about this with you off the boards.

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I visit Sicilia 8 years ago , I have no words explaining the natural beauties of this island

Looks very beautiful there

Was the language barrier difficult to overcome?

my dads side is from Ragusa, Sicily. moms side is near Naples. The furthest South I been is Amalfi Coast, almost all of Italy has such natural beauty.

My wife wants to visit Italy in the future but these days you need a tour guide since it is dangerous. I already need to watch my back wear I live now, so when I travel I like to go somewhere safe and relax.

nice pics doode!

Nice place.

Left the home of the police/welfare/warfare state to settle in the land of child molesting priests and the mafia. Nice pics.

great pics:)

I love that region of the world. I'd kill to live in Italy or Spain or Czech or Hungary.

Wow! nice shots, I tottaly have to visit there. looks marvelous!

looks gorgeous

very beautiful place

Terrone!

Beautiful :thumbsup

No, not at all. Italian and Spanish are almost identical -- the closest pairing of any of the romance languages (Latin-based). I'm not great with Spanish, but you're exposed to so much of it in the US that you just kind of pick it up -- so learning Italian has been pretty easy.

i'l admit sicily has some amazing beaches which are run and operated by thr mafia and they make sure the beaches are clean to keep clean money coming in from tourism, i know alot of people that from naples leave and go to cefalu each summer, it is a popular place.

but a thing i never liked about sicily as with naples is the people, very rude and obnoxious

Beautiful :( ...

Nice pics :)

Beaytiful place and pictures. Do you have any more images? That beach and ocean are the bomb....looks like no one is there :winkwink:

Beautiful view and landscape indeed.

Great photos. I have family in Northern Italy (Bologna/Modena) and am seriously thinking about retiring there... love the food, the people, the culture & history.

really nice pix..

HAHAHAHAHAHAH mi sa che anche io sono un terrone :upsidedow

haha without me and you Buff ain't living in beautiful Italy with the gorgeous Crystal - that's a fact!

Looks gorgeous. I really need to visit someday. That's encouraging to hear its a nice place to raise a family.

Beautiful pictures. Hope to visit one day.

5 years ago I`ve been in Sicilia and visited the most of the coast places. Its awesome island.

nice pics!!
italy is a pretty country.

I'm going for a weekend in Catania, any recommendations for there or around there?

Oh... it's THAT Buff who started this thread? He still owes me a finder's fee for hooking him up with Crystal. Doncha think . . . ?

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Idd, It is very nice !

Half my bloodline came from there ... thank you papa !

Its an awesome place.

Did I ever thank you? :)

nice place

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Sicilia is one of the most beautiful places I've ever visited. The views are out of this world.

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What a beautiful place. Wish you many more years in amazing places like this one!

great pics

Beautiful place, nice pics! :thumbsup

great pics! Have to put those spots on my list of places i need to visit!