We have wanted to return to Sciacca since 2007. That was a great trip!
From our home away from home at Fontana Calda to going to crazy Carnevale, to a day at the white clay cliffs that rise from the beach at Eraclea Minoa, to a day in the ancient Greek city of Selinunte, to the high peak of the both ancient and still very much alive Caltabellotta, to a trip to the small hill town where my Gandfather Re was born! All in about fabulous seven days.
Global Home: Sicilia 2012
February 2012: Welcome to our journal of our month long immersion into the life, culture and goings on in and around Sciacca, Sicilia. Including our adventures at making art in this beautiful place.
This time though we wanted to experience what it would be to actually live here. Our length of stay (the month of February 2012) and our tiny budget meant that we could not afford to rent a car so we decided to learn how to use the bus (this should add a lot of laughs and hopefully not too much stress) this time. So with a little savings, very little Italiano ("Dov'e l'autobus per Sciacca?") and determination ("Pazzo!") we planned our escape.
Joey, after a lot of searching, found us an apartment in Sciacca right on the port (ours is a one bedroom version of the one linked to, here is the full site http://www.sciaccacase.it/intro.html).
She found good reviews as well as a few that said it is a little noisy when the fishing fleet comes and goes early and late. But the monthly rate worked (half what it would have been to board our dog for the month, thanks Chaz and Lizzie for sitting both house and dog) for our budget and we will surely be right in the bustle of local life!
We are really looking forward to making art while we are there too. Joey wants to unleash her sculpture muse and play with all sorts of art materials and I want to do a Sciacca series working with locally gathered pigments. Hopefully we can find a gallery, library or vacant store somewhere to show this new work. (let me know if you have any ideas) when we get back.
We leave on January 31st.
Arrivederci for now.
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| Out for a walk near Fontana Calda in 2007. |
Global Home: Sicilia 2012
February 2012: Welcome to our journal of our month long immersion into the life, culture and goings on in and around Sciacca, Sicilia. Including our adventures at making art in this beautiful place.
This time though we wanted to experience what it would be to actually live here. Our length of stay (the month of February 2012) and our tiny budget meant that we could not afford to rent a car so we decided to learn how to use the bus (this should add a lot of laughs and hopefully not too much stress) this time. So with a little savings, very little Italiano ("Dov'e l'autobus per Sciacca?") and determination ("Pazzo!") we planned our escape.
Joey, after a lot of searching, found us an apartment in Sciacca right on the port (ours is a one bedroom version of the one linked to, here is the full site http://www.sciaccacase.it/intro.html).
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| Building where our apartment is located in Sciacca. Ours is the two windows on the second floor. |
We are really looking forward to making art while we are there too. Joey wants to unleash her sculpture muse and play with all sorts of art materials and I want to do a Sciacca series working with locally gathered pigments. Hopefully we can find a gallery, library or vacant store somewhere to show this new work. (let me know if you have any ideas) when we get back.
We leave on January 31st.
Arrivederci for now.
Ciao mio fratello, io spero il tuo viaggio in siclilia é divertirsi molto! Fatto l'arte bellissimo italiano! Baci a Joey, ciao, ti amo
ReplyDelete(Oh and if by some bizzare circumstances the end of Feb allows, I may show up on your doorstep...
(I'll sleep on the floor ;)
I know the two of you are having a fabulous time! Looking forward to seeing you March 9. Where are your posts and pics? I want to see Bernie's gathered pigments!
ReplyDeleteWe are having a fine time! And I did get one drawing done too! See the "Stairs: Drawing with Nature" link in index.
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