Gayle Brennan Spencer – sending random thoughts to and from South Austin
Above: Chiesa del Carmine
Offering a quick glimpse of a few more churches in Siracusa.
There is a fairly consistent pattern in the history of the majority of these churches. They were built centuries ago; suffered substantial damage in the 1493 earthquake; and were rebuilt in Baroque style.
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Above: Vegetable strata at Moon
A few more dishes originating in Sicily are introduced in this second part of alphabetized reviews of restaurants we sampled during our stay.
The first is braciolettine Messina, or spiedini. Thin slices of beef, pork, veal or fish are wrapped around a paste-like filling made from bread crumbs, parsley and provolone moistened by olive oil. The small bites are then threaded tightly together on wood skewers before grilling.
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The photos on these postcards should be time-stamped before delivery to your mailbox – our stay in Sicily was in late spring. Our travel schedule was designed to avoid the potential of encountering the same type of sizzling summer the island endured during 2022 – a high of 120 degrees in Siracusa.
So far this year, the temperature’s only hit a high of 117 degrees, but horrible wildfires have added to the island’s summertime blues. It’s no wonder that cacti and succulents are popular.
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Postcards from Barton Springs 