Belpasso for candy

Jae and David, this is for you.





We went to Belpasso the other day to pick up some Torrincini candies that Jae and David like so much. We are bringing some home to share again.


Apparently when we were there before Christmas and I thought I wrote down the address I made a mistake and wrote a 5 instead of a 538 for the building number. Of course, that made the GPS take us to the wrong end of town and there was no Condorelli store there. The store is well known in the area because the owner is part of the family of the person that created the Torrincini many many years ago. So....how to find the place? Just ask anyone in town. Problem is, we don't understand the answer. Everyone talks in gestures and we do understand those up to a point. Our plan was to ask several people....drive a bit, ask directions...drive a bit, ask directions, until we found it.


We stopped first at a store where people were standing outside visiting and were directed up the street and around a corner. When we got arouhd that corner, lo and behold there was a shop that said Condorelli. Oops... it was a little shop that sells breakfast rolls, coffee (and other drinks) and lunch sandwiches (panini) and......the shop was named Condorelli. There were several older men sitting outside visiting so I asked them how to find the Condorelli that sold sweets.


Of course, as is the custom in Sicily, they all told me at once and I couldn't make out the words. Bob came up about that time and read their gestures and took us right to the place we wanted.

Speaking of little old men, every town has a place or two where little old men gather to spend some time with friends and swap "war stories". Sometimes it's in front of what we would call a coffee shop, sometimes in the piazza and sometimes they just have a special place. It seems to me to be a symbol of Sicily and I think it would be such a great photo if I were brave enough to ask.



On the way back to the car from Condorelli's we saw a church with a wedding in process and this car sitting out front. I fell in love with the car and took several pictures. For those of you who would like to buy me a present, consider this an arrow pointing to the car------------------->
I think it's the car of my dreams.



In another completely different vein, we're still trying to get our plane tickets to the States. They keep asking for "just one more thing" in getting us and our Bizmark back home. In fact, we've been asked for the same things more than once and have been glad we make copies of everything we turn in. It's not easy getting home for free.