Catching Up in Sicily

I can't believe it has been so long since my last entry. We have had very few internet connections and a busy school so the mixture has wrecked havoc on my travelogue! So hopefully I can catch up with the journey while we are here in Sicily.

We are in Catonia, Sicily with Mt. Etna in the background. It is gorgeous here although a bit more wintery then we all expected. We are in week 8 of the school lectures and having our teaching on board the ship has been rather exciting and challenging. Thankfully this week we are in a calm port where we have easy access to walking into the city. We had one speaker teaching as the we were moving from one port to the new one with the wind whipping up. Poor Padraig did very well staying in his chair as the ship was rocking!

In a few hours we are off to Church which will be the first cross-cultural church experience for the team. The pastor and a member of his church arrived yesterday at the ship carrying various goodies from a local bakery. Yummy! I don't think any area of the world can probably compare with the delicacies of the Mediterranean countries....it is just all delicious....well most things are great.

Over the weeks, Erica has managed to introduce all of us to delicacies from the region we are in. This week's unusual find was the swordfish...we didn't actually eat the fish...just smelled it. The last fish that Erica brought home is called a devil fish and it was actually despite its looks, rather tasty. It looked like a happy face with loads of teeth!

Well, off to church and more will follow of hurricane force winds and the open doors of welcome in France and Italy!