Tales, experiences and a guide from a new Catania Expat.
And it’s done! Now begins life again as yours truly got his first covid jab in Catania… Can I get a hallelujah? I didn’t jump any lines and waited impatiently for my turn that...
Yes, food is great in Italy/Sicily/Catania but for some of us internationals, while we enjoy pizza and arancini as much as the person next door, we do occasionally like to cook something else: A...
When we moved to Catania, one of the things i was looking forward to was road trips both in Sicily and the rest of Italy. The Covid situation had other plans for us. As...
June 21st is a special day: To celebrate Summer Solstice, Multiple music events are usually held worldwide as part of an initiative that started in France in the Mid-80s: Fete de la Musique. In...
June 2nd is an official public holiday in Italy: Republic Day aka the Festa della Repubblica. As the name suggests, it celebrates the referendum on 1946 which resulted in the founding of the Italian...
And it’s done! Now begins life again as yours truly got his first covid jab in Catania… Can I get a hallelujah? I didn’t jump any lines and waited impatiently for my turn that...
Yes, food is great in Italy/Sicily/Catania but for some of us internationals, while we enjoy pizza and arancini as much as the person next door, we do occasionally like to cook something else: A...
When we moved to Catania, one of the things i was looking forward to was road trips both in Sicily and the rest of Italy. The Covid situation had other plans for us. As...
June 21st is a special day: To celebrate Summer Solstice, Multiple music events are usually held worldwide as part of an initiative that started in France in the Mid-80s: Fete de la Musique. In...
June 2nd is an official public holiday in Italy: Republic Day aka the Festa della Repubblica. As the name suggests, it celebrates the referendum on 1946 which resulted in the founding of the Italian...
We moved to Catania from Beijing, arguably one hell of a dry city in my book even if my wife disagrees with me. In Beijing, we needed humidifiers especially during the winters and central...
A Moor and a Sicula (Sicilian lady) fall in madly love and the story ends with his head on a vase…There are many legends and tales as part of the whole island’s heritage. The...
Catania is a beautiful city with more history than you might think: Almost 30 Centuries, 8 Different Rulers, at Least 9 times the city got destroyed only to rise again from its ashes. Earthquakes,...
One of the joys of living in downtown Catania was to have “Fera ò luni”, the city’s biggest farmers market just 2 minutes walk from our house. With a cacophony of sounds, colors, smells...
Woohoo, we are almost a full week into our phase 2 of the lockdown in Italy. Like most other cities, Catania is starting to open up and folks are back in the streets. It’s...
