Showing posts with label Sicily. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sicily. Show all posts

Tuesday, August 15, 2017

We wish summer would never end


Hello again! 
Facebook just reminded me of the moment we decided to buy a sailboat in and to sail for an uncertain amount of time. The decision was made 4 years  ago ........



"You’ll realise the Atlantic is just like doing a few smaller passages in a row. It is a seminal moment, as the world seems to shrink. I think that it is a bit like falling in love, in that when it’s time to head off for good, you will just know.” Riley Whitelum




Capo d'Orlando was my first solid introduction to "Sicilia" this summer, and it was fabulous. A week of exploring beaches, getting lost on the crumbling old side streets in the hot sun, trying local dishes and hanging out in the markets, it couldn’t have been more local and more special. 
The town itself enjoys a spectacular position, looking over the Tyrrhenian sea and facing the Aeolian Islands, with to the rear the imposing green backdrop of Nebrodi.



Dadurch, dass wir jede Seemeile zwischen der Ostsee und Sizilien eigenständig zurückgelegt haben, wird uns gerade klar, was für einen Facettenreichtum verpassen, wenn wir einfach mit dem Flieger darüber hinweg sausen...im Flugzeug bekommt man eben einfach kein Gefühl für die unendliche Vielfalt und Schönheit unserer Erde.








Thursday, August 10, 2017

Sicily- you stole my heart!

Without Sicily, Italy creates no image in the soul: here is the key to everything.



   
   

Make no mistake. Sicily gets under your skin. The largest island in the Mediterranean is a part of Italy but it has a unique character of its own.

Sicily is where natural beauty meets humanity in an incredible melting pot of cultures, landscapes and cuisine.





Sicily is Italy condensed into a heady mix of sun, natural beauty and ancient history but with its own flavour and rhythm. 

This soul and passion belong to its citizens. The Sicilian people we met were warm, generous, spirited and helpful. 




The Sicilian style is a stunning mix of fashion and high quality fabric made in Sicily. 

Many women wore Sicilian lace dresses for their wedding in several areas of the world. The Sicilian fabric also was the first important decoration  used in the wedding dresses by Sicilian women in the early decades of the past century. Hand made bags  are one of the many proofs of the creative Sicilian style. 




Throughout Sicily, you notice the colourful Maiolica or Majolica Italian tin-glazed pottery everywhere. On church floors, as shop signs and as colourful heads. There is quite a gory story or legend about the heads with the moral being to never slight a Sicilian girl.  


Our time in Sicily left us wanting to explore so much more. On the list: Catania, climb Etna and Trapani. And of course, a trip to Ortigia.




Check out more: 

http://youtu.be/GF1adBNqjTw


Sizilien entdecken mit MPNmarinas!



An der Nordküste Siziliens hat jetzt der neue Yachthafen Capo d'Orlando Marina eröffnet. 




Die wunderschöne Marina ist der ideale Absprunghafen für Törns auf die Liparischen Inseln, um zum Beispiel Stromboli, Lipari, Vulcano & Panarea zu besuchen !



Die Anlage hat 562 Liegeplätze und ist eine Full-Service-Marina mit diversen Bootsservices, sanitären Anlagen, Bars, Sushi-Restaurant, Spezialitäten-Restaurant, Bikes, Shops, Waschcenter und ganz bald auch einem Yachtclub. Die Wassertiefe beträgt fünf Meter. 

Für die Eröffnung gibt es Angebote des Hafenverbundes MPN-Marinas. Gerne geben wir Euch Informationen dazu! Ganz toll: Zum Netz gehört auch ein Concierge-Service, der Gästen hilft, Ausflüge zu spannenden Zielen an Land zu organisieren.


Acht Monate im Jahr, von April bis November, dauert die Saison in dem Fischerdörfchen Capo d`Orlando, das wegen seiner günstigen klimatischen Bedingungen auch über den gesamten Zeit zum Baden geeignet ist.


Die Strände um den Hafen sind wunderschön und im Hafen-Office spricht man perfekt deutsch. Klasse, hier bleiben wir!