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Time travel can also Far Le : Among

mean ... is it really time the charming
to travel? Of course, details of Ragusa
we all want to know is the 19th-century
the answer to that. I Palazzo Arezzo di
wondered if the extra Trefiletti, filled with
time I had afforded period furniture and
myself due to the airline artwork.
schedules not being
quite as they once
were, might turn into a
decision that would lead
me into a lockdown that
would make it difficult
to fly home. I’ve never
known such uncertainty
on a trip before. With
travel is really too short a time. That person
hasn’t been lost during the pandemic and a new coronavirus variant sweeping the
shutdown, an integral part of me I feared was world, countries starting to shut down again
lost when I have so many trips on the books for in Europe, and the rules constantly changing
next year. I guess the traveler in all of us has while on the trip, I had no idea what lay in store
been tested. for me in an attempt to get home. But I was
glad to be in the moment and traveling. Group
When we arrived in Ragusa, it was a continu- travel rather than strictly independent travel,
ation of time travel, as travel in most of Sicily seems to be the way to go now. We were given The owner of Palazzo
tends to be, whether in Palermo, Catania, updates as they occurred. Arezzo di Trefiletti
Cefalù, Etna, or any place else. We took a shared colorful
walking tour of this fascinating ancient city But if I’ve been reminded of anything on this stories of the palace’s
that was built once, leveled by an earthquake trip, it’s that the time to travel is now, regard- history.
less of uncertainty. We’ve all lost precious
in 1693, built again, later abandoned, then years. Here’s to recapturing our lost travel
later fully populated when people returned. An time, and making it up in whichever countries
upper half and a lower half were built, and both allow, as long as we can keep our health.
halves were united in 1926. With this distinct
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did when we met the owner of the Palazzo
Arezzo di Trefiletti in Ragusa. Learn More
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