Days 70-72 – Montalbano Elicona to Catania, Italy – 121km
There are two kinds of volcanic explosions at Mount Etna. Summit explosions grab the headlines. These are just as the name suggests–spectacular events when Etna quite literally blows its top. They happen staggeringly often, with the most recent eruption taking place in February 2021. And yet, for all the shock and awe, they rarely prove […]
Days 68-69 – San Pier Niceto to Montalbano Elicona, Italy – 70km
There have been a few great battles in the History Education Wars, but well before the Content vs. Skills conflict occurred, lines were drawn between Depth and Breadth. The Depth contingent enjoyed some stirring successes, arguing quite fairly that sophisticated analysis and authentic critical thinking challenges could only take place if students were fully immersed […]
Days 66-67 – Reggio Calabria to San Pier Niceto, Italy – 50km
As I took my first steps into Sicily, I did so while working my way through the opening pages of two books, Peter Robb’s Midnight in Sicily and John Julius Norwich’s Sicily. While the former focuses primarily on Cosa Nostra in the late 20th century, and the latter is a more expansive survey of the […]