The Navy Has Invaded

Fran and I were becoming friends with Maryellen, whose blog is linked to this one on the right, and she has introduced me to some of her friends who are connected to the Naval Air Station at Sigonella, and have the taste and brains to live off base in Nicolosi, on the slopes of Etna.

This past weekend, four of her friends came to Sciacca for two nights. I love showing folks who know mostly the eastern part of the island some of the treasures of the west. Here is a shop of Rob, Mike, Ann and Jaque at the temple of Venus in Erice.
We also visited Segesta, took a long walk around Sciacca while they decided which ceramics they wanted to take home, and took advantage of some of Sciacca's wonderful seafood restaurants. Rob, with the gray shirt, is in charge of some contracts at the Base, and Mike, with the white shirt, is a short timer, getting out of the Navy in early August after 11 years. He plans on resettling somewhere in the Micronesia area. Good luck to you Mike.
On Sunday morning, we went up to Caltabellotta for the wonderful ricotta breakfast. You can read all about it on Jacque's website, www. alohafromsicily.blogspot.com

However, one important note, when we were near
the ricotta place, I noticed an old contadino building
that Dad had often asked about. They used to be
built out of straw or cane every year during harvest,
for the contadini to live in near the fields, as they
put in the longest days of their work year. It is in a
park, and designed for school kids to visit and see
what life was like. So Sam, if you are looking at this
one, here is a picture of a Canneria for you: