It's possible we drank a little too much wine last night. Anyway this morning is warm and sunny and we're in no mood to hurry. We decide to stay and visit the town and maybe find somewhere nice for lunch. After the bread lady's van has been Ali rinses out some smalls and tee shirts to leave hanging in the sun then we use the map Toni gave us for the 10 minute walk to town. Marina di Ragusa is a typical seaside resort with lots of villas and apartments and in ...

You never know what you'll wake up to. Among this morning's birdsongs are the unmistakable chimes of a cuckoo. In the early sunlight the trattoria looks like a painting; warm brown stones, clay tile roof and claret roses by the arched doorway. Ali goes to say goodbye and asks if they have a business card for a souvenir. They don't, but instead Senora gives her a menu and a little terracotta side dish. We set off up the hill towards Piazza - there's no way ou...

As soon as it's light cars are coming into the carpark disgorging luminously clad runners, walkers and cyclists. We are up and ready early ourselves to make the 20 mile journey to Villa Romana del Casale just outside Piazza Armerina. There are glimpses of the lake and then we are on a pleasant rural ride until the outskirts of Piazza Armerina, which is a busy town even on a bank holiday, but we keep moving well until the suggested route is compromised by height...

Blue sky and sunshine when we wake. There's a bit of confusion trying to leave Caltanissetta due to some strange multi-bit roundabouts but soon we are on the way to Enna. The ride is really interesting with green rolling hill, rocky peaks and a few man made hills of spoil from the mines here, but evn these are green with vegitation. We stop in a layby to take photos and have the treat of watching bee-eaters. Their copper wings shine as they swoop and when the...

There was no thunder or rain, but it's still muggy this morning. Our next planned visit is Enna, but rather than get there on Saturday afternoon we decide to go part way and go early on Sunday. Plus, we've paid for our last three nights and are due a free one. Leaving Dune we skirt around Agrigento past the temples and start climbing inland, where there are fruit plantations and rolling moorland. Around halfway there is a long section of roadworks with tempo...