The second half of the traveling seminar we went to Catania, Sicily. We were all very excited to head south to the beach, except, we get there and it is pouring rain. However, that doesn't deter our adventurous group, so through the downpour we explored the gorgeous city of Catania. It has been completely destroyed 4 different times in the last 2,000 years. Destroyed several times by volcanic eruptions from Mt. Etna, it is slightly different than other Italian cities we have visited. It was built with a Spanish Baroque influence in the architecture, smaller cobblestones, and lots of vegetation.
Sicily is known for its seafood, desserts, and other baked goods such as Arancini which are fried balls of rice mixed with other fresh ingredients such as mushroom, spinach, ricotta or ragu. So the entire time we were there, we had fabulous meals and sweets such as cannolis, marzipan and chocolate almond nugget bars.
The second day we decided to climb Mt. Etna, and I think I am cursed to have to snow follow me wherever I go because when we got to the top we were in the middle of a whiteout blizzard. Of course, while everyone else was wearing pants, hats and gloves, I came in shorts, nike mid-calves and a thin rain jacket! We couldn't see anything unfortunately but we did make a snowman named Etno, roll a snowball down into the crater and steal lava rocks. I also had 2 elderly men stop along the trail, remove their hats, and use them to rub my legs while saying I was crazy!
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