Romanes & Paterson shop and tea room, Princes Street, Edinburgh, January 2022 Welcome to One Word Sunday, and over to all of you to join the challenge with your own odd post. […]
This somewhat odd saying, dar calabazas a alguien, is used in Spain to turn down someone’s offer of love. Apparently, in some areas of Catalonia, the boyfriend who is served […]
St Albans, Hertfordshire, January 2022 An odd sight, reminding me of an odd British saying, off your trolley, which is used to mean behaving in an extremely unusual way or doing something […]
In October I took you on a tour around a small section of Sicily, following a wiggling line from Scicli, heading northish to Ragusa, then Siracusa and finally to Catania. […]
I showed you the pointed and seemingly folded tower of the Santuario della Madonna delle Lacrime a few weeks ago, and thought it time I told you and showed you […]
Fans of the Montalbano tv series will recognise some of the views below from the wonderful panoramas shown at the beginning of each programme. Views down on Scicli from Chiesa […]
Remains of the Roman Amphitheatre in Catania, Sicily, September 2021 In the centre of Catania, in Piazza Stesicoro, lurk the remains of the Roman amphitheatre that was built in the Roman […]
A decorated door in the San Berillo district of Catania,Sicily, September 2021 – Copyright Debbie Smyth, 28 October 2021 Posted as part of Becky’s PastSquares and Thursday Doors …