Am I going to visit a third-world country? What shocks me is all the dirt. The charm of a construction site everywhere I go with street view. Don't you just loathe google street view?Now I understand, why people always say it's so tidy in Vienna. Because it is!
This is a street close to a touristic village close to Catania. Before seeing the pictures, I thought I might pay it a visit. Much acclaimed orange groves are nearby. Now I am almost sure I won't go there. Sure those pictures won't make it into any travel guide book.To calm my nevers I "went" downtown*:
I might stay here for one night.
Ah, I already see myself - the way too stiff and rigid woman - arriving from northern Europe, arriving dwon south, in the very, VERY Mediterranean. The travel guide books write about southern equanimity. I would rather say phlegm.
Ma sigonora ...
* haha, I wrote"downton", the DVD set arrived, my mother is going to love it.
The first time I visited Montenegro I experienced a similar shock. I never got completely used to seing garbage all over the place but the exprerience was all sorts of wonderful too.
ReplyDeleteBeware driving in Sicily - they are lunatics, it was one of the scariest experiences of my life, especially in Palermo. The Aeolian islands are amazing, you should hovercraft out there too.
ReplyDeletecoffeeaddict, by now I have read some books, it seems to be normal to be shocked as a foreigner. For the natives it's something else, they don't judge waste in the street the way we do. Really?
ReplyDeleteTabitha, you assure me we must go on a study-trip with a guide and not driving any car anywhere near any city! I am so looking forward to step on that island soon. Not soon enough to experience the almond blossoms, but soon enough to arrive there before summer, which means before April :-)