Iimvakalelo ze-bysty, i-cuisine ye-cuisine, ifashoni yefashoni, ubuhle obumangalisayo kunye nembali enobutyebi-yonke le nto kunye ne-Itali. Inkqubo yethu yayinesithukuthezi nomyeni wakhe, kwaye sasifuna ukuya kwenye indawo esinokungena kuyo kumjikelo wokuqaqamba okuqaqambileyo nobutyebi. Ndicinga ukuba i-Itali yindawo efanelekileyo yeholide enjalo. Umyeni wam wacebisa ukuya kwisiqithi sikaSisily kwaye mna, ngaphandle kokucinga, savuma.
Siqhubeke nohambo lokuphela kukaMeyi. Ngendlela, ixesha elifanelekileyo lokuphumla kwesi siqithi lisusela ngoMeyi ukuya kuNovemba. Siye sakhwela kwisikhululo seenqwelomoya eCatania, bekukho nebhasi kwaye saya eTatomina, ebizwa ngokufanelekileyo yi-Pearl yaseSisily. Indlela ithathe malunga neyure enye enesiqingatha. Ukufika kwethu esixekweni, ndandinomdla kubuhle kunye nemvelaphi yakhe. Kuyo yonke indawo, izindlu ezihle, iirons zesityalo, kodwa uninzi lwazo zonke izinto ezintle ezinomdla. ISixeko sikwindawo ethe tyaba yeTauro, emazantsi apho isibhakabhaka se-Azure seonian sichitha amaza, kwelinye icala, iintaba zeSiSilia ziya kuKhanya. Sahlala ehotele, sakhokela ngokulandelelana, saza kwaoko sahambahamba esixekweni. Ubuhle besixeko kwasinyanzela ukuba silibale malunga nokudinwa komhlaba. Ukuhamba kwethu kwada kwadalwa kude kube ngokuhlwa. Ebusuku, esi sixeko sahlukile ngokupheleleyo. Ukuba usuku - yayisisixeko esihle apho abakhenkethi besiya khona, abantu bendawo basebenza kwishishini eliqhelekileyo, emva koko ihlabathi elitsha livula apha: ekukhanyisweni kwezibane ezitratweni, iTaormina ifumene ingenanzondo emnandi . Ngexesha lokuhamba, safumana indawo yokutyela entle, apho sagqiba kwelokuba sibe nesidlo sangokuhlwa. Sayalela izitya zasekuhlaleni, kwaye samangaliswa kukuncancisa okujikelezayo apho amanqaku anobuqili ahambelana nomfuziselo wokukhanya, kodwa kwangaxeshanye inyama ithathe isisa. Ngemini elandelayo sagqiba kwelokuba siye esiya elwandle kusasa kwaye simanzi phantsi kwelanga. Ndifuna ukuqaphela ukuba ulwandle ayisiyosanti, kodwa ikwacocekile kakhulu kwaye ipholile. Ulwandle oluthambileyo lwalusele lucelomngeni, ke kwakungekho miqobo ngaphambi kokuhlamba. Ichithwe elunxwemeni imini yonke, kwaye ngokuhlwa baya kuhlola ubuhle besiXeko. Sajonga ibhotwe elihle leCavia, elakhelwe ngenkulungwane ye-15! Ngokwemvelo, kukho izihlwele zabanye abakhenkethi kuyo yonke indawo, kodwa ayizange isithintele ekunandipheni ubuhle nobuhle bakhe. Ngemini elandelayo sahamba nge-vivol yentaba-mlilo e-ETna, ethi, ngendlela, elona liphezulu kulo lonke elaseYurophu. I-Panorama, eyavuleka kwi-volkano yayimangalisa. Kwakunomdla wokubona umzobi owazama ukudlulisela ubugqwirha bentaba-mlilo kwi-canvas. Siphinde saya elunxwemeni lwesanti kwilali yaseJardini-Naxos, ziikhilomitha ezintlanu kude. Phantse kwakungekho bantu, ezivumela ukujija ngokupheleleyo kunandinwabela bonke ubuhle be-Sisily. Xa ilixesha lokuhamba, bendibuhlungu kakhulu ukushiya ilizwe elihle kakhulu.
