We’re back from our ten day visit to Rome and Sicily. We’re tired, have tons of laundry and gifts to sort through, but are very glad to see Emily and the dogs again.
Everything went well for us: no car accidents or valuables stolen or food poisoning. We saw some amazing things and met many charming and delightful people. I didn’t bring a computer, first time in many, many travels that I left the Powerbook at home. Instead of keeping the usual journal of our adventures, I wrote brief notes each night of what we’d done so I could remember later. But now I have the task or using those notes to reconstruct our trip for the archives. It’s a worthwhile thing to do, though—it’s enjoyable years later to reread the details of where we went and what we did. This trip is unique, however: because I brought the big camera I have over a thousand pictures to sort through, hoping all the while that I got a few good ones that will make revisiting the trip even more enjoyable.
I will be putting the photos worth keeping up on Flickr as I go through them, and will also post here some of the more interesting things we saw and did. For today, though, here is the first of my photos: a trinacria, the symbol of Sicily, composed of a Medusa’s head and three legs which represent the three corners of the island, or its three most important cities, depending on who is explaining the symbol to you. Sometimes the head also sports stalks of wheat which represent Sicily’s main product in ancient times and the product with which the island paid its taxes to the Roman Empire. Other versions include instead the Medusa’s snakes.
The version shown above is in the ceramic color and style produced in San Stenfano di Camastra, a town specializing in ceramics and which makes many different objects in this distinctive red base with blue details.
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