As I sit here reminiscing about my past month's adventure in Sicily I can't help but wish I was still there. There is not one aspect of the trip that I miss. Every little reminder such as eating pasta or pizza makes me sad that we are not in Sicily anymore. Even the weather is so different to adapt to. In Sicily every single day was a beautiful sunny day around 80 degrees with only one day with a few rain drops. America welcomes me back with 90 degree weather, humidity, clouds, rain and thunderstorms. It has been a struggle to adjust back to normal life. Everything from the food to the scenery just seem mediocre. For a month I ate the freshest and most gourmet of foods surrounded by the most beautiful scenery. Now I am back to eating processed food and living in boring suburb life. All the people around me are getting tired of me complaining about everything saying it was all better in Sicily. I still refuse to eat American ice cream because I am spoiled and know that it will never compare to Italian gelato. It is hard to believe that spending a month in Taormina made such an impact on me. I wish I can say I fulfilled by goal of spending my month in Sicily like a local instead of a tourist but I felt more like a tourist instead of a local. Living in the middle of a tourist city surrounded by English speaking people did not really help. However, I did try to speak Italian anywhere I could and was not afraid to try some of the local specialties. My favorite native Sicilian dish was pasta topped with black squid ink. That is something a tourist would never dream of trying and I got many crazy looks from the rest of the group. I am really happy I got to try different things and enjoyed my month of adventure in Sicily. I had the time of my life.
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