Our encounter with Antonio and his son Sami was one of the most interesting part of our tour of Sicily.
Antonio is passionate about Sicilian food, the copious and delicious meal he prepared and shared with us, we will always remember. He also had truly excellent local wines to wash it down - and I am difficult when it comes to wine.
His house is comfortable and well appointed in typical Sicilian fashion, full of family heirlooms and homemade pots of jams and surrounded by fig, cherry, plum and pear trees.
In the morning we went picking fresh figs in the garden and were treated to Antonio's jams and to a wonderful Sicilian type of omelette.
But the best about our night at Antonio's house is the long conversation we had with him and Sami, both are truly interesting, very special people. We only regret that we didn't stay longer.
JP