Ortigia
Last night we walked past the main square, and the Duomo, which was amazing. The biggest columns I have seen. As per many parts of the little island, parts of the church were under restoration. This is a good thing as finally money is getting through and many parts of the town are being restored. Even the sea walls have scaffolding on them in places.
Looks like there are many part time fisherman fishing off the walls and wharf all around the island. The little fella above was with his brother and mum. When I came back 20 minutes later he was the talk of the area as he had landed a large fish, nearly 1.5 feet long. Though he did struggle to get it into a bag without it knocking him over.
Low season is coming on here. Some restaurants had no one at them and a large number of tables.
We sat and had a drink and watched the sun go down, and as it did so we noticed the coast guard launch nose its way out to the harbour edge, lights on, we can only assume as a deterrent to potential refugees. A recent example had been made of some fisherman on an island just off the coast who had rescued about 30 boat people and had been tossed in jail for their efforts, persumably as an example to others.
No comments:
Post a Comment