Are you up for MORE PHOTOS of the SICILIAN adventure in June?

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SHALL WE………..

Let’s start the tour in a RESTROOM!

MY FIRST STOP. ALMOST ANYWHERE I GO!

The view from the Lobby RESTROOM in our hotel in NOTO.

This is the Breakfast PATIO.

But first a little GAME of sorts………..

How old is this GORGEOUS ITALIAN WOMAN?

She lives in PRATO and drives up the hill to her SONS home who lives next-door to my SISTER IN LAW.

She cooks and harvests the vegetable garden which is FAR from the home!

Lets’ just say from the house to the garden is a GOOD HEALTHY WALK UP A HILL with sheep grazing.

I WILL TELL YOU HER AGE AT THE END OF THE POST!

NO PEEKING.

MANY STRAY CATS VISITED THE PATIO TO MY DELIGHT!

THEY DONOT SEEM TO BE STARVING!

I think they are well fed from the kitchen staff……..

MY sister in laws neighbor below.

Do you have a number in your head yet?

Look at that hair!

Perfectly coiffed for a day of gardening and cooking!

Pearl earrings and a GORGEOUS SMILE all in a DAYS WORK!

HOTEL IN NOTO.

YES!

MY FAVORITE COLOR!

A CHARTREUSE GREEN TERRACE.

Wish I could have taken this whole LOOK HOME WITH ME!

NOTO THE TOWN.

VIEW FROM ROOFTOP TERRACE.

The Big building to the right with a church bell was a NUNNERY YEARS AND YEARS AGO.

Either an earthquake hit or the war blew out the windows and they never fixed it.

The building is still standing, but without windows……..

We took a WALKING TOUR with a lovely man who spoke MANY languages.For the LIFE of me I cannot recall what happened to the windows!Please forgive me!

Maybe someone reading here knows and can share in the comments BELOW!

Downtown NOTO………..

A church.

With a BAR that sells ICE CREAM and makes GRANITA’s!

BALCONY’s to practice “ROMEO ROMEO where for art thou Romeo.”

DO YOU SEE THE HORSES AND THE HEADS on the balustrades holding the balcony’s?

TALK ABOUT DETAIL!

Noto is constructed of a soft, honey-color TUFA STONE.

The buildings are BAROQUE from the 1600 – 1750’s.

The whole town before this date was struck by an earthquake.It was re-built in the 1600’s.

THE ITALIAN who ‘s wallet slipped out of his pocket here and a nice person pointed it OUT!

COCKTAILS ON THE ROOFTOP TERRACE at our hotel.

YOU decorator types what do you think about all those pillows?

I think the colors work but WAY TOO MANY!

I go back and fourth if I like it or NOT!

Very unusual for me as I am a person WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE LIKES ALMOST IMMEDIATELY!

A DEAD END in our HOTEL!!!!!!

These LIONS are not old, but I thought this was a BEAUTIFUL PLACEMENT!

(LINDA C. I thought of YOU here!)

THE OPERA HOUSE in NOTO, SICILY.

Can you imagine if this was your HOME?

I tend to take it a step further in MY THINKING!

I would BUY IT sight unseen on the interiors.

Would THE STAGE be your kitchen, living room or bedroom?

Take a MOMENT and think about that……………..!

Noto side street dinning just 40 steps from our hotel.

Waiting for my SQUID INK RISOTTO!

Believe me it was DELICIOUS!

THE ONLY THING IS IT STAINS YOUR TEETH FOR A BRIEF TIME!

MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE LEFT THIS PHOTO OUT OF THE TOUR!

I USE TO HAVE ONLY THREE WRINKLES BESIDE MY EYES……………

I counted.

Put a ONE in front of THAT three!

After the RISOTTO came the FISH DISH……….perfect portion as I couldn’t eat much more!

That is it for TODAY!

NOTO from MY EYES……. on our JUNE 2025 trip.

More to come if you are up for it………….

THE ITALIAN WOMAN AT THE TOP OF THIS POST IS 80 YEARS OLD!

DID YOU GUESS RIGHT or were you OFF BY A FEW YEARS?

May I remind you that the ITALIAN women do NOT go to gyms nor diet in general.They eat in moderation but they eat THE GOOD STUFF.They also walk a lot and MOVE.Something I need to do!They also talk a lot and give detail in conversations…………while the arms are MOVING!!!THE WHOLE BODY GETS A WORK-OUT!Funny as this morning I saw a video where we need to swing our arms more as it is GOOD for the BODY organs and toning the under arm!

ENJOY THIS FLEETING SUMMER………….Kids here in Northern California have already started school if you can BELIEVE that!

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YOUR CONTESSA,

XXX

PHOTO NOT TAKEN IN NOTO BUT WORTH SHARING!