Licata and the Marina

Licata

 We had a visit to a local family business who produce olive oil, sundried tomatoes, relishes etc. Excellent produce and lots of tasting opportunities!

 

 Halloween party in the hall at the marina.

 We get amazing sunsets almost every night.

 The view from the boat looking towards the castle on the hill and the lighthouse.

 Dave playing guitar and singing at music night at Las Vegas bar. Next to him is Angelo playing violin. He is a local who heard us and came along to join in.

 The newly built barbecue area at the end of our pontoon.

 The boules / mölky pitches next to the barbecue. Mölky is a Finnish game a bit like skittles. Good fun and any number can play. There is usually at least one game played after the BBQ each week. Boules is played on Wednesday afternoons, or any other time people fancy a game.

 The beach at the marina where we have been doing pilates twice a week up until November 23rd when it was just a bit too chilly to be on the beach so we are now in the hall.

 The view from the reception area of the marina. Serenity is in the distance on the right of this photo.

 Sorry, another sunset!!

 Our pontoon, looking from the back of our boat down towards the quay.

Mantis shrimps - huge things but very difficult to eat as they have spikes on each section of their body and not a lot of meat when you finally get to it!

Around and About in Licata

Licata

Now that Serenity is in Licata for the winter I thought I would do a post about the town and marina.

We went on a guided walking tour of the town, organised by the marina.

 One of the main streets in town with the town hall in the distance.

 A typical narrow street, just about a car width, but how narrow are those flats!!

 Inside the main church, known as the church of the Black Christ. The original church was burned and, although this statue survived, they painted it black in commemoration of the fire.

 The beautiful interior of the same church - decorated just like Wedgewood china!

 This time we were able to go into the castle on the hill above the marina that we had walked up to with Katy. There were several rooms of museum items from everyday life.

 Another of the many churches in town.

 San Angelo's church in San Angelo's square where we went sketching with the art group.

 Detail of a window at the archive centre.

 We were taken into the amazing network of tunnels that we had no idea were under the town. The original tunnels were dug by the Greeks. At one time they provided water to the town as the water passed along the vein of clay you can see behind Dave. The tunnels were more recently used as air raid shelters in the war.

 At the museum in town we saw some anchors that had been found off the coast of Sicily which they have dated back to about 60BC.