Theresa Maggio

Worth watching even if you don't understand the language. Some beautiful views of Mondello. When I lived there in 1986 little seafood shacks lined the shore walk. Octopus, ricci, clams, oysters. People liked the good food, not paying the overhead for a restaurant, being outside next to the blue Mediterranean sea, or under the moon and the palms while they walked around and ate. Many of the palms died because of a bug. The seafood shacks were removed and outlawed when the soccer world cup came to Palermo in the late 80s. But at least now you can see the sea from the piazza.

A beautiful day at the beach in Mondello in December.

Exactly 30 years ago Pippo LoCascio, a learned man, took me as part of a group to the top of Monte Gallo and showed me La Grotta Regina, the Queen Cave where Phoenicians worshiped their goddess. Thirty years later, Pippo LoCascio still leads groups up the mountain to teach them about their own heritage. It is awe inspiring. I lost ten pounds the first time I made that climb. Video from a staunch La Repubblica reporter. Read More 

And I spent the morning in Mondello and Sferracavallo, by the sea. In Sferracavallo to see a complete, intact, protohistoric Bronze Age megalithic village, and in Mondello on the slopes of Monte Gallo to visit a panoramic, historic garden planted in the early 1900's, with archeological treasures from 10,000 years ago. Read More