[TI] Interesting article on Sicily

[Barbara Jenkins]

You will be ready to move to Sicily after you finish the article (if you 
aren't ready now).  Looks like before long it will be developed like 
everything else.

I just copied the beginning of the article to entice you on.

Barbara Jenkins


http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/d92d7202-8d21-11de-a540-00144feabdc0.html
Last of the real Italy
By Liz Rowlinson

Published: August 22 2009 01:45 | Last updated: August 22 2009 01:45

Occupation by a succession of great civilisations has made Sicily a rich 
melting pot with a deep seam of insularity. Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans 
and Spaniards for centuries fought over the island and now a new group of 
outsiders - foreign second-home buyers - is making its presence felt.

Sicily sits just 3km off Italy's coast but somehow remains a world apart. 
The island is one of the last outposts of traditional Italian life, with a 
coastline mostly unsullied by large beach developments. Baroque towns brim 
with sites of architectural and historic interest, fishing villages maintain 
a centuries-old rhythm of life and small beach resorts have a level of 
service that is rough-edged yet hospitable.