You would think a guy with several college degrees could light a stove. But I couldn’t. The picture you’re seeing is the empty coffee cup and the stove. I rented an apartment in Trapani, Italy because there was no hostel and the apartment for one night was cheaper than most hotel rooms I could find. Sure, it’s not much of an apartment, Continue reading
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Pizza in Sicily
This blog post is for my friend Nels. He wanted to know about pizza in Sicily. First, you can get slices of pizza in Sicily all over the place. There are street vendors with small carts that sell pizza by the slice. It’s always thick pizza and it rarely has more than one topping. There are also lots of shops that sell pizza. Continue reading
Veggies Palermo
You can find them everywhere. They are little stands selling fruits and vegetables. Sometimes they only sell one item. Sometimes they sell a lot. Sometimes they have a little card telling you what an item costs. Sometimes they don’t. They sell things by the kilo, the 500 grams, and the each. If you do not know where one of these stands are in a city in Europe then you are very new to the neighborhood. Some of them are open everyday. Some till noon. Some of them are only open certain days of the week. Some of them are open all day and a lot of the evening. There’s no reason not to do some serious fruit and vegetable experimentation when you are in one spot in Europe for a time and have a kitchen.