The view beyond our pool and out over the olive grove was enhanced on Thursday night by a spectacular sunset.
Daily Archives: August 24, 2014
A day on Ortygia
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Ortygia is a small island separated from Syracuse by a narrow canal. It was the site of the original ancient Greek settlement which later became the bustling trading and fishing port of Syracuse. In fact the population of Syracuse around the … Continue reading
The Sicilean All Black supporters kit
Today the All Blacks played the Wallabies in the second Bledisloe Cup test. Despite a TV with over 500 channels these Sicilean AB supporters could find no TV coverage of the game.
Compounding this, the villa internet connection is the narrowest broadband connection in the world and so video was all buffering and no streaming.
But the saviour turned out to be the Radio NZ iPhone app which streamed the radio commentary of the game perfectly. And when broadcast through our portable JBL bluetooth speaker it gave us stadium quality sound.
And what an All Black victory – 51 points to 20 – tutto bene.
La dolce far niente 