Monday, June 10, 2019

On our own in Siracusa, 9 June 2019

Slept late until 8:30 am. We decided to take a taxi to Orsi Archaeological Museum with Ed and Charlene, saw Joe and Richard there who had walked 2.7km there. Arranged in triangular fashion, srtarting with prehisory, througghealry human flint tool, t9 irk; ahem the. Bronze Age, emergence of beAutiful pottery,the golden age of Gree e exported here, huge vessels, temple construction, jewelry and mor.

W@lked back with Joe, Verdi hot ( we closed it down at 2pm) stopped for gelato, then back to Piazza Archimedes. Joe went on,we went t9 thevinteractive Archimedes place which was fun ( and got Barney at shift he liked).H7ngr6 we stopped. Ear theDiana fountain for a slice of
Izzy and pieceof calzone plus a beer for only 7 euros.

Back to the hotel, and went Tate beach, very Ricky. I stayed in he beach, Barney carefully lacked his way among the rocks t9 swim, salt t3 very buoyant. Back fr shiwers, we went to CFRE olive oil
A e, the6 n longer ship to the US so we bought some and will shi from Palermo. we went to Trattoria Tavernetta, one of the places recommended by Douglas. It was a s all famiily place, with grandpa running 5ings, son waiting tables with granddaughter. We Hada delicis dinner starting with a Sicilian orange salad, Barney had a delicious flattened veal with salad, I had a fabulous quickly sautéed sea bass with capers, tomato, olives, and onion. For dessert, we shared a chocolate pistachio tart and lime sorbet to. Barney had the House red and I had the House white. It was a wonderful dinner, and we had a nice cool walk back to the hotel.

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