Ten interesting things about Sicily

This is just a random list of things that I have found either interesting or surprising about living in Sicily.

10. Geckos in our house.

9. Getting used to how Italians drive.

8. Learning to leave early for destinations as you may be delayed by a farmer and his herd of cows or geep (goat+ sheep=geep).

7. The Sicilians are very nice and love Americans.

6. You can travel from one end of Sicily to the other in about 2 hours.

5. The weather changes from cool to hot in a manner of minutes.

4. Using the metric system.

3. Learning Italian (and Sicilian dialect).

2. Italian women and men are fabulous dressers! They believe in "bella figura" which means that it is important to look nice. They would rather look good than worry about comfort. I must say...they are styling!

1. Living near an active volcano. White smoke has been coming out of Mt. Etna lately, but supposedly that's not a big deal! Eek!