The grand room at the Benanti Winery in Viagrande, Sicily, all set up for a late afternoon group lunch. April 25, 2017

The Benanti Winery vineyards in Viagrande, Sicily, just outside of Catania and at the foot of Mount Etna. April 25, 2017

A close up of one of the vines in the Benanti Winery just outside of Catania, Sicily in Viagrande with at the foot of Mount Etna. Those little buds will eventually be grapes. April 25, 2017

Our Rick Steves “Best of Sicily” tour guide, Jamie Blair Gould getting us together to toast the wonders of Sicily we’ve experienced as a group. Salute! April 25, 2017

This is a reproduction of a Sicilian town before the bombing occurred as we learned more about the ravages of World War II and the history of the allies…from the USA, Great Britain, French North Africa, Libya and the Middle East…converged on Sicily’s coast in 1943. The elaborate displays and exhibits, including a bomb shelter, maps, photographs, wax figures of the noted leaders can be seen at the Museo Della Sbarco in Catania, Sicily. April 25, 2017

Another Sicilian Baroque building with the Catania, Sicily, lava-limestone facade. April 25, 2017

This large room is the chapel of King Christian IV, of Denmark and Norway, inside Roskilde Cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark. The remains of King Christian IV, who died in 1648, are in a coffin in this room along with several family member coffins. May 16, 2018

Me at the Temple of Concordia, in Agrigento, Sicily, whose name comes from a Latin inscription found on a stone about a peace treaty and can be seen at the nearby Archaeological Museum, was built in the 5th century BC. It was turned into a church in the 6th century AD and is now one of the best preserved temples in the Valley of Temples. (April 20, 2017)