Pensieri, are thoughts…
one of the most famous proverbs concerning Palermo is:
Cu’ va a Palermu e nun va a Murriali si nni parti sceccu e torna maiali
Those who visit Palermo and not Monreale, arrive a donkey and return a pig
I left a pig!
I really didn’t mean to, I adore Mosaics and Monreale was one of the only church museums I really wanted to see this trip.
But I was so overwhelmed by the immensity of the city, the architecture in contrast with the destruction and what I was seeing just walking around. I needed to get out to the sea, so we left without seeing Monreale.
I did however pick up a San Antonio statue, which is rather funny, as he is the patron saint of Farm Animals, and pork butchers.
I am doing a presentation in Seattle for IACP with Kate Hill of the French Kitchen and Fergus Henderson of St. John’s in London, author of From Nose to Tail.
So Pigs are on my mind in all I do right now!
a picture is worth a thousand words
so here are several thousand words..
Palermo’s soccer fans graffitti in the Vucceria market
I found this sign in a lovely park near the sea in Palermo, Joe Petrosino, a Cop from New York, was shot down here by the Mafia
The huge cathedral downtown, stretching over the street
Art deco bookstore sign near the Ballero’ outdoor market