...nothing we can do about it. But there's a problem we could solve and yet we don't.. ..because it doesn't depend on nature but on men.. It's the third and worst of our problems. A problem which gives Sicily and Palermo in particular a bad reputation in front of the world. You understood, didn't you, it's useless for me to tell you. I'm embarassed to bring this up. It's the traffic. There are too...

Well, back from Sicily to find our usually skittish and taciturn cat, Kitty  actually pleased to see us - most surprising and welcome to be deluged by purring and happy miows. Now I'm waiting to watch Heroes 3.04 & 3.05 with some wariness based on the feedback given to me by those of you ho have seen them already.

Today we went back to Etna. Day got off to a rocky start when we discovered our picnic bag had become utterly infested with ants. We spent the rest of the coach trip thinking bugs were crawling on us...Instinct, El Cid and some John Barry and Maurice Jarre work that we can't match to movies but some are lovely and we just can't get at all. Some I would  love to know just so I can buy the album.

Третий день мы в Сиракузах. Маленький, очень грязный и безумно очаровательный город. Главные достопримечательности расположены на острове Ориджиа. Тут же основные магазины и рестораны. Но - обо всем по...приятных ресторанов. У одного даже две звезды Мишлен. Идем в него сегодня (на вчера столик зарезервировать не удалось). А завтра уже летим в Питер (правда сначала заскочим в Мюнхен).

With charlie (my flatmate) off seeing how long it takes to walk to the next town,Giardini Naxos, I am here checking out the world news and catching up, whilst trying to dodge Heroes spoilers. So far having...is stunning - sea on one side, mount etna on the other. Also, there are little stray cats that get fed by the hotel staff and this makes me miss my own cat that little bit less. Hope everyone is well