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Local Life Foreigners to The Island may think the Sicilians very passionate people, extremely animated folk always using there hands to wildly gesticulate a story. Sicilians love to eat, talk and drive their cars fast as well as the fact that it is well documented there is no grudge like a Sicilian grudge. However, there is so much more to these contradictions than meets the eye. Sicily falls under the umbrella of the south locally known as the “mezzogiorno”, the people and the place being hotter and slower than that of the north. Remembering this, it’s easy to see why the people and place embrace you with a warmth and generosity that is rarely for a reason other than their nature to help and assist. When you venture further afield away from the resorts around the coasts, you will find many small provincial towns nestled in the valleys away from the hustle and bustle and here you can fully get to understanding the real Sicilian life. Many of the towns have small bars where you will see many of the local men and very few women. This is how it has been for many years for the older generation and little has changed, the woman clean the houses and care for the children and the men sit and discuss the day’s local politics. Where the road climbs higher into the hills and further into the interior, the villages get smaller and the people less used to the passing stranger. Where there is no bar, the men will organise a makeshift area (I once saw them congregated with seats at a cross roads of a town deep in heavy discussion). This is not to say you will not be welcomed in these lesser known areas but only expect to get a few passing glances and stares. |
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