[Leica] IMG: Dark Palermo

[John Beeching]

Dear All,

Thanks for your appreciative comments.  Let me point out that these are not representative of Palermo as a whole.  The streets are where our air&b was located and the mummified dead are in the Capuchin catacombs.  Nonetheless, I was alert of my surroundings when I went out to take the pictures at night.  I will post other sets that give a more positive spin the the island.  

By the way you can do Montalbano tours to where they filmed the series and swim where he does!  As Lluis knows Montalbano is named after Catalan author of detective stories, Manuel Vazquez Montalban, who is well worth reading - “Murder in the Central Committee” was the first book of his that I read.

John

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> On 6 Nov 2020, at 21:49, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote:
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> Unsettling Sicily, John, and as a Montalbano fan, I always intended visiting it, but see that I might have to practice my knife fighting skills.
> I think I like the ambiguity of Panificio best. At first glance, I wasn't sure which way the helmeted figure was facing.
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> Douglas
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> On 06/11/2020 11:10, John Beeching via LUG wrote:
>> Dear Friends,
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>> For the last couple of years we have not had a vacation for a variety of reasons.  To make up for this we spent three weeks in Sicily over Christmas and New Year staying in Ortigia - marvellous to be able to explore the island and archeological sites without tourists and the August sun.  Also, that break before Covid hit was a life saver.  However, these photos reveal a darker side: https://johnbeeching.com/dark-palermo <https://johnbeeching.com/dark-palermo> <https://johnbeeching.com/dark-palermo <https://johnbeeching.com/dark-palermo>>
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>> I look forward to your comments and criticisms.
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>> Stay safe,
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>> John
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