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Catania And Syracuse

John Elkington · 26 September 2018 · Leave a Comment

Hound
Washing line
Flight of stairs
Knocker
Seascape
Graffito on Ortigia peninsula
Nightscape, around the corner from our hotel, the Hotel Principe
Syracuse skyline, with Christo-like feature
Ear of Dionysius 
Solid forms in the Archimedes Museum
Found object, outside the Museum
En route back from Syracuse
Ditto
Ditto 2

Flew in from Gatwick yesterday to Catania. Travelling with Jules Verne for the first time. Slightly stunned by the size of the group, perhaps because they have recently been taken over any a more commercial group, though we sort of got used to it.

Then across today to Syracuse, founded in 733 BC, where Elaine, I and another woman managed to become separated from the group inside the Ear of Dionysius. Missed key parts of the tour of the ruins, but I suspect it’s because I am a natural outliers.

Fascinated by an independent visit to the Archimedes Museum, small but with some intriguing exhibits. Had long wanted to see his haunts, but interest was spurred when reading about the Antikythera mechanism. Surprised by the amount of graffiti here, though some to it quite creative.

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I began this blog with an entry reporting on a visit to the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution on Cape Cod, on 30 September 2003. The blog element of the website has gone through several iterations since, with much of the older material still available.

Like so many things in my life, blog entries blur the boundaries between the personal and the professional. As explained on this site’s Home Page, the website and the blog are part platform for ongoing projects, part autobiography, and part accountability mechanism.

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