ARCHI DI PANE in San Biagio Platani

One of the many things we always say we have to do it to find the town of San Biagio Platani and see the famous arches erected there every Easter. But it is in the middle of nowhere! So we got lost going there once and other years, we have just not bothered. Until today.
It is isolated. The degree of isolation is enormous, even for Sicily. There is a whole lot of nothing out there and we found it all today. Even after all these years here, I am still surprised at how people live. The convertible was great and Steve’s careful driving meant no motion sickness on the twisty turny roods. But to tell the truth I was busy with the camera and took almost 200 shots.
The arches and the bread designs themselves are quite lovely and according to a woman we bought souvenirs from, they are made new each year by the townspeople. They use a kind of salt dough, plus a lot of natural objects for decorations. We were there when groups of school children were there. The town has a sister city in Germany and was celebrating that fact this year. Some townspeople again took us for Germans that spoke excellent English.
We had a wonderful pranzo at the lovely Ristorante Primavera (Spring Restaurant) and it costs about half of what it would cost in any Italian city. A twenty euro bill covered (for two people) 5 dishes of antipasti (we did not do more than taste the tripe), 2 types of regional pasta, and all the bread, water, wine, and coffee included.