NEW in Taormina, Update on Drought & Mt. Etna, PLUS Ortigia Discovery

[@roseevans1933]

Absolutely beautiful ❤❤❤

[@davidsoncl1]

So beautiful! 😍 Thank you 🙏

[@jamesingram7203]

Excellent video! It's like you and I say constantly, don't just look straight ahead, look up, down and all around! You never know when you're going to stumble upon a new treasure. One of the things people don't think about is that Sicily was and it a major seaport! Places like islands were a place to quarantine sailors and others that might be sick or carry the plague.

[@jewelsd1]

Beautiful palazzo!

[@barbaraippolito5005]

Just love Taormina💖💖

[@janetlombardi2314]

Very enjoyable Eszter. Taormina is every bit beautiful 😍 Thank you for sharing. Much love 😊

[@YouMeandSicily]

Grazie

[@mancengineer1656]

In the Uk a former politician Michael Portillo has a TV programme showing destinations for a quick UK weekend Break ie 4 days. This week was sicily mainly around Palermo.30 mins further than Rome must be worth a try.

[@susanlombardo8444]

So, so pretty!

[@greenQT]

So interesting and beautiful. My motherinlaw had a friend with twinkling blue eyes, he was from Taormina Sicily and his name was James Taormina!

[@fv1291]

Love your sunglasses! 😎

[@YouMeandSicily]

@@fv1291 grazie

[@TheSicilianLife]

Just love your videos! So colorful, fun, and full of great information. Definitely need to get to the east of the island!! That archealogical find in the hospital was amazing!💚 ~ Carol Amato

[@YouMeandSicily]

Grazie !

[@joannestinson851]

I'm going to check it out. BTW, I like your new hairdo. It makes you look younger.

[@YouMeandSicily]

GRAZIE ! I know the owner so let me know I can connect you!

[@philroutley68]

Thank you for all your videos. We are arriving in Palermo next Tuesday 27th to commence a tour with Trafalgar. Our tour does not start until 31st so we have a few days to explore. We are looking forward to the food so much. We are from Western Australia.

[@YouMeandSicily]

@@philroutley68 enjoy

[@joannestinson851]

Hi Eszter, Palazzo Gangia is probably not open to the public yet? When finished, it will be beautiful. Great location!

[@YouMeandSicily]

Its now open for some rooms as a bnb

[@YouMeandSicily]

More details and history from Taormina in the video kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKPCcpaNocyMjZI

[@kenhunt5153]

The government reports about 40% of the water is lost system wide before it gets to personal use. The center areas if Sicily are already in the beginning stages of desertification.

[@YouMeandSicily]

@@kenhunt5153 and 50% from rivers

[@paulgooderham]

So many sunburnt men with beards and orange or pink short pants in Taormina.

[@vistalover9607]

You guys describe yourself as expats to Sicily. Does that mean you are slated to return to your country of origin at some point?

[@YouMeandSicily]

@@vistalover9607 hopefully not

[@yvanapantino273]

I hate to rain on your guide's parade but her view of drought is unrealistic. All of Southern Italy is experiencing a drying climate, not just pockets of Sicily. There are areas in Sicily that have had no rain for 14 months. No rain = desertification and underground aquifers cannot be recharged = no agriculture =higher food prices for imports. Lack of maintenance of infrastructure by various Comuni they say it is because there is no funding, has resulted in leaking pipes not repaired for years, so water is wasted and silted dams so when it does rain, little rain is captured. Sicily's biggest water catchment is Enna only 136 klm from Taormina. Agrigento just 200 klm away from Taormina, is in a water emergency. Water was turned off for 22 days. When it came back, it was dirty. While Taormina still hasn't experienced water shortages, it is not a guarantee for the future that it will remain that way. In fact, au contraire given nobody has the will to change anything.

[@YouMeandSicily]

Thank you for this very thoughtful comment. Yes of maintenance of infrastructure and leaping pipes are a huge problem. Here is another perspective about the drought with our friend Prof Rosario Faraci. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eqWveWR6l715d7ssi=YUj_HF-zPbVgRsRE

[@yvanapantino273]

@@YouMeandSicily Tourism does not cause or contribute to drought. The issue is agricultural practices that are out of sync with the cycles of how this planet works. Outmoded farming methods turn rain forests into deserts and that is what has happened all over the world, Farming is no different from mining. It's extractive. The Sicilian government, has kicked the can down the road for over 50 years making excuses. They could have been re-greening Sicily 20-30 years ago before it came to this point, when others started re-greening the Sahara desert. Al is right about those desalination plants. Today they are nothing but rust buckets and cannot be salvaged. So don't ask me where this 90M Euros are going to disappear to. Have you seen them? They have a short lifespan of 3-4 years and were abandoned after only 5 years. This video discusses what's happening in Canicatti and then Agrigento 5:48. Guides can be misinformed because while some tourist businesses stayed open, others did not like B & B owner in Agrigento at 9:44. kzbin.info/www/bejne/rV7HnZeoe556mq8

[@Sezfluffy]

I've lived in Siracusa for a year and the mafia screw so many things up. Where has the 90million in subsidies gone to repair pipes etc?