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Visualizzazione dei post da ottobre, 2014

A ram-to ram collision at Egadi islands

Beneath these blue  waves,  around Egadi Island,north-west off the coast of Trapani, a battlefield has been identified and studied for the first time  ( Egadi Islands Survey Project)* around Levanzo, Marettimo and Favignana  the final battle of the first Punic War took place on 241 BC *founded by professor Sebastiano Tusa and professor Jeff Royal the latest material  recovered from sea-bed  confirm a ram-to-ram collision : 11 (maybe 13) bronze rams, still attached when they sank,  have been found   and could have been belonged both to Romans or Carthaginians. Interesting Greek-Italic amphorae, a few punic ones,  and  bronze helmet,among the artifacts found

Greenpeace - Rainbow Warrior mission in Siracusa

*photo courtesy from Maurizio Barone last Sunday 19th october the admiral Rainbow Warrior  from Greenpeace  was in Syracuse for her mission : STOP FOSSILS  GO RENEWABLE sailing in the Mediterranean  to say no to future planned oil drills at sea the sicilian motto used was "u mari nun si spurtusa" today the Rainbow Warrior has just arrived  in Naples sign in favour of Greenpeace campaign http://www.greenpeace.org/italy/non-fossilizziamoci/?utm_source=Gpit&utm_medium=openspace&utm_campaign=RW3tour_PT2#petition we did !!

today no laundry!

still there!

 the first picture of me taken at our magic Greek Theatre in Siracusa and my latest taken a few days ago me  in red !!! con Elisabeth & Alice

Here it comes!

wake up!  

waiting for the sunrise in Sampieri

singing with the fish...

Singing while shopping at the market in Ortigia!

the Florio tuna cans

  Did you know that the preservation and commercialization of tuna under olive oil was experimented in Sicily at the Florio tuna fishery in Favignana? Here also the first cans  of tuna with key opening...

The perfection

in the magic hill of the temples - Agrigento

street- food in Sicily : Panelle

Panelle the most popular street  food in Palermo easy to make if you have: chick pea flour water  parsley salt and black pepper oil for frying

Harvesting...

It's time now for the new olive oil and the new wine.....