I just gave my first-ever presentation at an international conference.
As I wrote in a previous article, the two extremes of Europe are my favourite places: Northern Norway, above the Arctic Circle and the southern part of Italy.
These two areas just met, as I was talking about the tourism situation and strategy of the Lofoten and Vesterålen Islands, at a conference in Trapani, Sicily.
Two brothers arrived in Palermo after the 1799 earthquake in Bagnara Calabra. That’s how the story of the Florio family begins in Stefania Auci’s book The Florios of Sicily, an interesting read for hot summer afternoons. From poor Calabrians to some of the wealthiest entrepreneurs of Sicily, the Florios played an important part in the history of the Egadi Islands.
