Gray's Academy

It was gutsy of me to come to Siracusa on my own. I doubted my decision several times but I chalked my concerns to doing something out of my comfort zone. I pushed through.

When I arrived yesterday morning I got into my apartment on the second floor of a residential building. The street was littered and the buildings looked like Mussolini had commissioned them. Soviet era, if that paints any kind of picture.

The apartment was lovely. I unpacked and headed out on foot to Ortigia island. This is the tourist place where I have been on my two previous visits to Siracusa. I got lost and found myself somewhere I knew I had no business being.

It was time to take action. I needed a place to stay and something to do for the next two weeks. Staying in Siracusa was no longer an option. I had to cancel one set of Italian lessons and schedule some new ones. I decided to return to Taormina.

Same apartment, same school and complete ease of living. I had quite a bit of stomach churning as well. I headed back to the new apartment determined to sit tight until my departure from Siracusa mid day today.

I had managed to choke down a bit of very decent pizza and with plenty of daylight left I decided to go out and get some gelato.

The gelato was delicious and my decision to get out of here spot on. My apologies to Africa.

I almost got hit twice by a fast moving little cars that all over Europe. Get me out of here!!!