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Doing the Charleston & Meeting Nazis in Mondello

Posted on May 3, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking | 3 Comments

It was worth walking 6,457 kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea just to discover the glorious “floating” Charleston restaurant and bathing complex in Mondello, Sicily. Created in the late 1920s, a recent renovation has made the Charleston look as spiffy as new. I was so excited to stumble onto it about fifteen kilometers out

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Does Art Exist At Palermo Cathedrals?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, MedTrekking | 3 Comments

Yes, there are more than cats, pigeons and mummified humans in Palermo. Just take a look at the sculpted human figures on the columns in the cloisters at the Church of Santa Maria La Nuova in Monreale; the mosaic above the entrance to the Palatine Chapel at the Palace of the Norman

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Do Cats Nap At Norman Cathedrals?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, MedTrekking | 8 Comments

Yes, I spent two hours in Palermo today admiring the Norman Palace with its dazzling Palatine Chapel and Royal Apartments that are now the chamber of the Sicilian Parliament. But what excited me, and most other visitors, almost as much as the exquisite mosaics and the frescoes depicting six of the Twelve

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Do Palermo Pigeons Pose?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking | 6 Comments

How many shots do you think it took me to catch this pigeon alighting at the fountain (the circular bowl is crested with animals) in the cloisters of the Norman Cathedral in Monreale outside Palermo? Six! Right, six takes. It was much easier taking photographs of the 12th century mosaics inside the Church

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Do Dead People Smoke?

Posted on May 2, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking | 3 Comments

Look, I respect sacred places. I don’t like to disturb the deceased. And sometimes I obey signs that say “No Foto/No Film.” But I couldn’t resist taking a shot of this “No Smoking” sign amid the 8,000 mummified cadavers in Palermo’s Capuchin Catacombs. Is it a necessary warning? There were no dead people

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Some Of A Beach

Posted on May 1, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Idiotic Musings, MedTrekking | 5 Comments

Think MedTrekking the coast of Northern Sicily is an easy walk in the sun on a sandy beach? Think again. Here are some shots of the landscape I encountered during my 84-kilometer hike between Cefalu and Palermo during the past two days. Text and Photos: Joel Stratte-McClure [caption id=”attachment_299″ align=”alignright” width=”600″ caption=”The “beach” at the

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