Oh, Canada!

Having friends with kids going off to school can be fun!  In this case, I drove up to Halifax with Carrie Googins and her daughter Kenzie who was starting her 3rd year at Dalhousie.  Once Kenzie was settled in, Carrie and I headed off for Cape Breton Island.  

First stop was checking out the Hopewell Rocks at low tide.  Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick.

Peggy's Cove is a pretty little fishing village just south of Halifax.

Around Cape Breton Island and the Cabot Trail



The salt flats of Trapani, making couscous and another medieval town

Our last full day in Sicily.  Drove to the town of Trapani (a town I'd love to go back to some day), learned how to make seafood couscous, visited the salt flats and took a cable car up to the medieval town of Erice before heading back to Palermo and flight home the next morning.

Arancini and Timballo and Cassata, oh my!

Greek ruins..... what country are we in?

A fun day of touring the Greek ruins of Selinunte, pottery shopping, and a cooking class at Becchina Estate.  Joining us for lunch was none other than the Gianfranco Becchina - art collector, international antiquities dealer and olive oil producer. What a wonderful host! He shared lunch with us, ending with his home made green limoncello (the strongest liqueur I've had the pleasure of tasting) and then gave us a tour of his gardens and olive oil facilities.  Great day!

La Foresteria di Planeta in Menfi & first cooking class

The wines of the Planeta vineyards were paired with our meals.  Fantastico!

The markets of Palermo, lunch at Zia Pina and an afternoon in Cefalu

Palermo wanderings and discovering the great seafood!

Cooking, Touring and Drinking in Sicily

Lou, Meg and Kay on a Sicilian adventure starting with a city tour on our first full day in Palermo.  Included were the Monreale Cathedral an afternoon by the sea in Mondello.