White Almond Sicily

At school in London one of my favourite lessons was English Literature and I passed my exam with flying colours. Whilst I was studying classics like Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare and Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens, in Italy the Italian school children would have probably been studying novels like  Il Gattopardo. The Leopard ( Il Gattopardo in Italian) is a novel by Italian writer Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, which chronicles the changes in Sicilian life and society during the Unification of Italy. The novel was published posthumously in 1958 after two rejections by leading Italian publishing houses. The Leopard became the top selling novel in Italian history and is considered one of the most important novels in modern Italian literature. In 2012, UK newspaper The Guardian named it as one of "The 10 Best Historical Novels". The novel was made into an award winning film of the same name in 1963 directed by Luchino Visconti starring Burt Lancaster, Claudia Cardinale...

Hands up how many of you lucky girls and guys went back to work this New Year sporting a sparkling new ring on your left hand. Christmas and New Year is a time for love and romance so it is no surprise that it is one of the most popular times of the year to get engaged, Mr K proposed to me on Christmas Eve. Valentines Day is also a popular date in the calendar for proposals. Over the past five years wedding tourism in Sicily has increased dramatically. Weddings abroad can often be more intimate, less costly and a lot less stressful with beautiful weather, which is why more couples are opting for destination weddings creating memories that will last a lifetime.  Italy has always been a popular choice offering romance and a variety of venue options. If you are a couple on the hunt for a fabulous and unique wedding destination you are in luck because Sicily is the perfect place. Italy is well known as a country full of love and romance and the island of Sicily is not only Italy's larg...