I’ve been living in what is arguably
the center of Europe for a while now (and I’m certain someone will get out
their ruler and argue that technically, I don’t actually reside in the precise
center of the continent – but let’s just go with that for the sake of the
story), I don’t visit other countries as often as I’d like. It’s so easy to
just stay home, not worry about airline tickets, packing, making sure you bring
enough socks and don’t forget shaving cream, getting to the airport on time,
the stress of unpacking everything to pass through security, and being herded
onto, then cooped up in, a tight plane for a few hours in a seat that’s just
barely big enough to hold a small child.
The reward, however, is arriving
somewhere, leaving the airport, and realizing you’re somewhere magnificent.
Even if you have to nearly blow-up like a smoldering Sicilian volcano to get
there.
Sicily has been at the top of my
list for a while now, but by the end of fall, less folks want to travel there.
And because it’s not a popular winter destination, airlines heavily reduce
their flights to Sicily and I had to do some sleuthing around to find out which
one would actually take us there.
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