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We Have Arrived 4 May 2026 |
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Parking Was Crazy but We Got Lucky And Parked Near the Piazza |
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The Town's Hilltop Location Makes the Views Spectacular |
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"New" Town from the Piazza |
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Our Driver/Interpreter Sal Coppola Got Right to Work Finding DiNuovos & Parisis |
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The Castello Dominates the Town |
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Getting To The Castello Involved a Bit of Climbing |
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First We Stopped at the Archeological Site of The Capella di Maria, Oldest in Sicily Dedicated to Mary |
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Built Here for Its 360 Degree Views |
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And Strategic Defensive Position |
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It is Said You Can See Mt. Etna - Not This Day |
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The Obligatory Selfie of Our Crew, including Guide Gloria |
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We Learned a Lot About Both Sicily & Vicari During Our Visit |
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Though We Found This Woman Who Was Eager to Talk |
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Sal Reviewed Our Notes With Her - She Also Said the Parisis were Shoemakers |
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There are Many Churches in Town but Only One Priest |
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The "Modern" Baroque Fascade of An Ancient Church |
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An Abandoned Chapel Said to Have Housed Abandoned Babies |
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Back at City Hall the Archivists - Anna & Rosalea Had Had Little Luck Finding Records |
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They Suspected Some of Our Dates Might be Inaccurate or That Records May Be at Other Municipal Sites Nearby |
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They Did Track Down A Young DiNuovo Who Visited |
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Not Local "Passavolanti di Vicari" Cookies but Typical Sicilian Pastries |
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Termini Imerese from Which the M/V Bolivia Departed |
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