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Palermo - Villa Airoldi

La tua figura si specchia sul pavimento lucido della grande e ricca sala di Villa Airoldi. Osserviamo incantati, gli affreschi del soffitto e le pareti decorate. Ci fingiamo i signori di questo palazzo e posiamo come gli antichi dei raffigurati nel soffitto o come i grandi nobili ritratti negli oscuri dipinti. Attendiamo camerieri impettiti che ci annuncino principi e conti o che dicano sia pronta la carrozza di gala per una visita in qualche nostro feudo. Balliamo nel salone immaginando invitati con trine, merletti, gonne enormi e divise piene di medaglie, annunciamo pranzi dalle mille portate, ed ospitiamo famosi poeti inglesi e musicisti tedeschi. Usciamo da Villa Airoldi nella calura di luglio e strisciando gli infradito ci fermiamo a prendere una granita stanchi ed accaldati dall’essere stati principi per un giorno.

Your figure is mirrored on the glossy floor of the large and rich room of Villa Airoldi. We look enchanted, the ceiling frescoes and the decorated walls. We pretend to be the lords of this palace and we stand like the ancients of the depicted in the ceiling or as the great noble portraits in the dark paintings. We look forward to silly waiters announcing us Princes or Counts or saying that the gala carriage is ready for a visit to some of our feudal homes. We dance in the salon imagining guests with trine, lace, huge skirts and uniforms full of medals, we announce one-thousand-course lunches, and we host famous British poets and German musicians. We leave Villa Airoldi in the heat of July and crawling our flip-flops we stop taking a granite, warmed and tired by being princes for a day.

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Exploring Italy: Where to Eat in Taormina, Sicily

Burrata for breakfast at the Belmond Villa Sant’Andrea

Tell people you are going to Sicily and you are sure to get a positive response from those who have visited that will some variation of “the food is amazing.”

Sicily has a reputation for being part of Italy, yet separate from it with it’s own unique traditions, customs and food. It’s definitely still Southern Italian cuisine, but with Greek, Arab, Spanish and French influences. Sicilian dishes often have olives, pine nuts, saffron, pistachios and an enthusiastic dose of exotic spices. 

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