"To have seen Italy without having seen Sicily is not to have seen Italy at all, for Sicily is the key to everything." -Goethe
Well, who am I to argue with Goethe? I had been to Italy before, and seen many wonderful parts. But I had never ventured off the mainland, so Sicily was calling my name. Plus, my mother's side of the family hails from Sicily, which provided even more incentive to visit.
After getting accepted to law school, I decided to quit my job in early May 2011 and take a few months to travel before starting school in the fall. And so this trip was born! My mom and I had been on a Rick Steves tour before (Best of Greece in 2008), and we had loved it - so we were eager to take another. To read more about our Sicilian adventures, click on the Day tabs above or the links at the bottom of each page. On every page, you'll find information about what we did in that city on the right, plus a sidebar on the left with further tidbits and trivia including:
Let's get started...Day 1!
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