Day 6 29/4/11 - Italy

Acquidolce -> Capo d’Orlando -> Acquidolce

Highlight

• Had a very leisurely day – weather was very nice for once. We watched the Royal Wedding on TV – didn’t leave the house until closer to 1pm
• Lunch at a fancy restaurant by the beach – very good pasta based on seafood
• Allie got fussed over by a bunch of kids on excursion
• Played on the rocky beach, Allie got her feet in the sand the touched the cold water, then played with pebbles
• Back for shopping to take home, more gelato and pastries
• Enjoyed some beers and watched Slokky and Allie play in the freezing pool water
• Sat outside while Gabriella prepared our meal. I wasn’t that hungry after all the food, but still managed to try everything.
• The good thing – all the leftovers for dinner tomorrow.

Food

• bread, egg, salami, cheese, pastries
• La Tartaruga:
  • swordfish roe bruschetta
  • grissini and bread
  • sliced tuna and soy sauce
  • squid ink spaghetti
  • fish mussels, prawns in tomato seafood broth
• Gelateria Bar Sport – cassata gelato
• Pastisserio Ricciardi –Nebrodi gelato (honeycomb, almond, pistachio), pistachio gelato
• Home cooked Think Sicily meal:
  • antipasto: smoked ricotta, pecorino, sheep’s milk cheese, salami, ham, mixed marinated olives
  • pasta de la Norma - aubergine
  • eggplant parmigiana
  • sausages and potatoes
  • Pastisserio Ricciardi Sicilian pastries – cannoli , rum baba, profiterole