2nd DAY - SS 187 Balestrate - Castellamare del Golfo - Erice - Segesta

ຈັດພີມມາ: 24.10.2017

After a wonderful night with plenty of deep sleep, I went shopping in the morning after (Italian) breakfast. But I'm not complaining about breakfast at all, as it was an extra treat from my landlady who knew I couldn't go shopping the night before because all the supermarkets were closed. With toast and jam and a yogurt, I was fortified for the first language challenge...

In the supermarket, I worked through my shopping list and there was only one funny incident at the cheese counter:

I picked out a nice piece of Peccorino staggionato. The salesman pretended not to notice that I didn't actually speak Italian and asked, '...gratinato?' I didn't understand, so I just said 'si'. He then put my wonderful piece of cheese in a larger device and pressed...and voila, I had grated cheese for the next two weeks :-) well, that already determined part of the dinner: baked tomatoes.

Once the refrigerator was filled, I went on a nice car tour. Along the SS 187 towards Trapani, to Balestrate (so to speak my hometown) - something you can skip - to Castellamare del Golfo. The place has a fishing port and the stainless steel counters on the quay suggest that you can get fresh fish here early in the morning.

Fishing port in Castellamare del Golfo
Fishing port in Castellamare del Golfo


After an unsafe climb...

Narrow path with direct beach access
Narrow path with direct beach access
The first amazing ice cream (chocolate and hazelnut) with cafe macchiato (not to be confused with latte macchiato, as we learned in Italian class!) for a total of €3. Although I can speak Italian numbers up to 20 fluently, at first I thought I must have misheard. But no, it was true.
In the market hall, I spontaneously expanded the dinner with eggplants (also baked, see above), salad, radishes (I would skip them here because they are mature specimens), and pears for the Gorgonzola.


...continuing by car on the SS 187...
Castellamare from above
Castellamare from above
...towards Erice, passing large marble quarries.
Erice looked like a film set from a distance. On top of a high mountain, one wonders who might live there.

Yes, you're looking right...at the very top of the mountain!
After what felt like 100 hairpin curves, you really had a great view from the top and a really cute town.


Here I accidentally discovered culinary delights for afternoon coffee

Also a good idea to pimp the regular espresso as cafe ai pistaccio:

Pistachio cream inside, espresso on top...very tasty! I had two right away...and some cannolo with ricotta filling...I'm telling you, it was delicious!

ຄໍາຕອບ (3)

Annika
😂 das an der Käsetheke weckt Erinnerungen in mir, als wir in Spanien nach der leckeren Paella noch ein Eis bestellen wollten und anstatt dessen jeder ein Stück gebratenes Kotelett bekam. Viel Spaß weiterhin 💋 und lustige Versprecher

Kerstin
Stimmt, da muss ich direkt herzhaft lachen :-)

Ruben
Sieht äußerst lecker aus 😊