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I safely arrived in Catania, Sicily. The first few days have been very entertaining to say the least. First, Driving in Catania takes someone with Indy car experience. It's amazing how little regard for lines, lights, and street signs these people have. A Speed limit is only a suggestion and "no parking" signs don't exists. If you can't find a spot in town, just park in the middle of the road and put your flashers on. So far the best parking spot award goes to a guy the parked perpendicular to the road in a crosswalk. His front tires were on the side walk and the back half of the car was in the street, plus he gets extra points for the hazard lights being on. (I will take pictures of future nominees over the next few weeks).
Since I have arrived here, everyone has mentioned how good Cavallo is. So two nights ago I went out with Davide, Gregorio, Tony a.k.a Pony and other's to a Ristorante. I was enthused to have found some Maiale (Pork) and some Pollo (chicken). I also noticed some Cavallo on the menu but at this point I knew it was Horse! So with thoughts of old Black Betty my one and only non-bucking ex-racehorse, I knew I could never try it. I told them I would be sinning against my country and that it's practically illegal to eat horse in Texas. Most the others did order Cavallo and I happily settled with my Maiale and Pollo. Davide did add a piece of onions wrapped in bacon to my plate which I actually ate and semi-enjoyed. Then after much peer pressure I did the unthinkable and tasted a bite of Cavallo. I felt terrible for doing it, BUT dang it tasted pretty darn good. Sorry Black Betty, Pep, and Bama but you taste a lot like beef!
Coach George and I went searching for Lasagna last night in Aci Trezza. After realizing that it wasn't going to happen we settled on a random Ristorante by the harbor. I scanned through the menu and really didn't recognize anything other than Salmone and Spaghetti. The two Spaghetti's were "Spaghetti alla vangole" and "Spaghetti alla Nero". I assumed "Spaghetti alla vangole" sounded just fine and ordered it. No later than 10 minutes later, (After eating bruschetta MOM!!), I was served an amazing looking bowl of Spaghetti and Clams! I have nothing more to say about this.
Also for more entertaining blogs on our experiences here in Catania, I highly suggest you check out http://www.coachingforpizza.blogspot.com/. It's our coach from California and he is hilarious!
I safely arrived in Catania, Sicily. The first few days have been very entertaining to say the least. First, Driving in Catania takes someone with Indy car experience. It's amazing how little regard for lines, lights, and street signs these people have. A Speed limit is only a suggestion and "no parking" signs don't exists. If you can't find a spot in town, just park in the middle of the road and put your flashers on. So far the best parking spot award goes to a guy the parked perpendicular to the road in a crosswalk. His front tires were on the side walk and the back half of the car was in the street, plus he gets extra points for the hazard lights being on. (I will take pictures of future nominees over the next few weeks).
Since I have arrived here, everyone has mentioned how good Cavallo is. So two nights ago I went out with Davide, Gregorio, Tony a.k.a Pony and other's to a Ristorante. I was enthused to have found some Maiale (Pork) and some Pollo (chicken). I also noticed some Cavallo on the menu but at this point I knew it was Horse! So with thoughts of old Black Betty my one and only non-bucking ex-racehorse, I knew I could never try it. I told them I would be sinning against my country and that it's practically illegal to eat horse in Texas. Most the others did order Cavallo and I happily settled with my Maiale and Pollo. Davide did add a piece of onions wrapped in bacon to my plate which I actually ate and semi-enjoyed. Then after much peer pressure I did the unthinkable and tasted a bite of Cavallo. I felt terrible for doing it, BUT dang it tasted pretty darn good. Sorry Black Betty, Pep, and Bama but you taste a lot like beef!
Coach George and I went searching for Lasagna last night in Aci Trezza. After realizing that it wasn't going to happen we settled on a random Ristorante by the harbor. I scanned through the menu and really didn't recognize anything other than Salmone and Spaghetti. The two Spaghetti's were "Spaghetti alla vangole" and "Spaghetti alla Nero". I assumed "Spaghetti alla vangole" sounded just fine and ordered it. No later than 10 minutes later, (After eating bruschetta MOM!!), I was served an amazing looking bowl of Spaghetti and Clams! I have nothing more to say about this.
Also for more entertaining blogs on our experiences here in Catania, I highly suggest you check out http://www.coachingforpizza.blogspot.com/. It's our coach from California and he is hilarious!
2 comments:
Excellent! Sounds like you are off to a great start! Enjoy the food and the sights. We miss you, but are very happy that you are "over there". Keep posting!
Hey Matt,
Glad you are safe and here are my words of advice... Don't say anything in Italian unless you are very sure of what you said is what you mean. Because if you say it with the wrong inflection, wrong anything you could end up in the river as fish bait. Just wanted you to be safe, enjoy your time and learn alot. By the way who are all those girls????
Love,
Sherry
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