Touring Vizzini

Another day and we were picked by in the morning by Giovanni and we went to a little shop for traditional Sicilian breakfast. Granita and Brioche. We sat outside the little shop with all the other Sicilians on the side of the roadside, very nice. 

We were told not to have breakfast as we were booked in for lunch with the family for Mother's Day  and they said it was going to be a feast, again. Giovanni then gave a us a personal tour of Vizzini, such an old place and churches on every corner, as with every town over here. The churches can be only 100m apart, and this dictates which part of town your from. 

Hill top view of part of Vizzini

Off to lunch and as we were told, it was a feast. All sorts of stuff all produced on site, it was like a farm stay place, massive restaurant chock a block full of noisy Sicilians.  Man it was noisy, but all lovely people. Again, no menu, they just keep bringing out more. One advantage is you can't eat for the rest of the day. I'm writing this at 1130pm and I still can't eat anything.

After lunch we went to a place called Modica. Guess what? More churches and old stuff. Each church just gets grander and grander. One we visited we had to walk up 330 steps to get there, at least we are walking off lunch a bit. It was well worth the walk as each church is different and worth seeing. But, I forgot to mention, Modica is the Sicilian home of Chocolate, you beauty. After all the walking we bought some yummy dark chocolate which I ate nearly a whole block in one sitting. The chocolate is very different to what we get, it's got like crystals in it. Yum yum. 

Then we went to Marina di Regusa, It was dark by the time we got their but it is a coastal village with a massive marina and long boardwalk, so we all got a gelati and just strolled along, it's a bit like Stkilda but a lot more up market, very nice, a great end to another big day. Thanks to our host family for showing us some great sites and more great food. The Italians surely know about good food. BURP. FART. Goodnight