The city of Ragusa and the side trips to Modica and day in the life at a cheese farm were favorites in this trip. Ragusa is a hilltop city above a gorge and is so charming with its winding narrow streets and beautiful vistas and churches.  When in the city you are either walking up or down… nothing is level…. better watch out for cars and motorcycles!  It’s piazzas are lively and the food superb. Our local tour guide, Eleonora, makes the city special and serenades us at the end of the morning tour. Diana, our main guide, suggests we shop for ceramics so we must! I could linger in this town.

We make a one hour journey to catch the sunset in Modica and are treated to a thrilling ride in Fiat 500 motor cars up and down and around the city including sunset pic stops and to view the main church. This was soooo much fun!

We visited a Ragusan farm owned by 3rd generation farmer Salvatore Bussello and his wife and two daughters.  They run a dairy and make cheese, and have two food trucks that they take to local markets.  Salvatore has joined the “Zero Miles Producers Association”, a farmers’ union that advocates for small farmers.  During the pandemic they started taking their products to cities around them via his food trucks. They let us have a hand at cheese making and pasta specialties and barbecue. Their farmhouse lunch was terrific. As Salvatore said many times “Salute”.