November 7 Syracuse

IMG 3866 trying to keep up with our dizzying schedule 20171107 101449 suiting, or shoeing, up to go out 20171107 101509 the interior of our apartment block 20171107 101842 the exterior, not-so-charming, of our apartment block but free parking
20171107 103333 Time travel in Sicily...the start of an arch sci-fi story 20171107 104134 Sucking it in above the old Greek temple 20171107 104144 more temple IMG 3868 ruins
IMG 3867 what do I spy, but the market! 20171107 104556 how did my pants get here? IMG 3869 market wares IMG 3870 olives
IMG 3871 pistachios IMG 3872 various confits IMG 3873 crucifers IMG 3874 purple cauliflower!
IMG 3875 not seen this before IMG 3876 whatever you want 20171107 105135 spices IMG 3878 Christmas colors
IMG 3879 fish, but from where? IMG 3880 ratatouille in the making IMG 3881 little pepper plants IMG 3882 cactus fruit
IMG 3883 a kind of blood sausage 20171107 110453 Sicilian deli IMG 3884 cheeses IMG 3885 the first encounter with the sandwich meister
20171107 110710 people lined up for this guy 20171107 110715 he was listed on Yelp as the second best restaurant in town 20171107 110832 back to the fish IMG 3886 we found this funny for some reason
IMG 3887 public buildings IMG 3888 trattoria IMG 3891 pedestrian street in Ortygia, the old city IMG 3892 the piazza in front of the Duomo
IMG 3893 Baroque IMG 3894 texture IMG 3895 piazza IMG 3896 floor in the Duomo
IMG 3897 Duomo IMG 3908 IMG 3909 along the waterfront IMG 3910
IMG 3911 above the old and mythic spring 20171107 122918 It didn't start with Harvey Weinstein IMG 3912 bridge to the fortess IMG 3913 at the end of the island
IMG 3914 IMG 3916 not yet open, still to be restored IMG 3917 the Med IMG 3918
20171107 125701 on the battlements IMG 3919 20171107 125830 back up the waterfront IMG 3920 guard house
IMG 3921 we stopped for a restaurant lunch 20171107 133642 20171107 133650 swordfish 20171107 140826 giant banyan
IMG 3922 espresso and gelato 20171107 144921 back at the sandwich spot 20171107 145747 the man 20171107 150029 every kind of cheese
20171107 152805 greenery IMG 3924 afternoon on the piazza IMG 3926 the canal that separates Ortygia from the mainland IMG 3927 colorful
IMG 3928 more boats IMG 3932 one half of the massive sandwich 20171107 201234 magnets 20171107 201543 chocolate
20171107 201557 more chocolate