Francesco's place is a little gem in the countryside. The house is sparkling clean and decorated in cute country style. Every room had a fresh bouquet of flowers. The shower is tiny but has great hot water and water pressure. The bed is comfortable and there is no noise other than birds chirping.
We were greeted by Francesco's parents Dina and Nino, the loveliest people we met in Sicily, from whom we took two cooking classes. We spent many hours together in the separate building in which the kitchen is located, preparing bread the old way and typical Sicilian food, laughing all the way sometimes with the help of Google translate. It all worked out very well and the food was excellent, some of the best we've had. Ask about the borage tempura, it was divine! Oh, and the lamb agnolotti? Melts in your mouth. Expect to spend the better part of the day at each cooking class. Our recommendation would be to take a cooking class every other day and in between enjoy the copious leftovers. Enjoy the company of Dina and Nino, they're great - at the end of our stay, we felt like old friends. Three days later we're still enjoying the leftovers they so lovingly packed for us.
Our much too short stay was the best experience we had in our 3 1/2 weeks in Sicily and we hope to come back some day and stay a little longer.