Modica, Sicily
Modica is a beautiful little city in the Mountains, not far from Ragusa, and known for its Sicilian Baroque and its Chocolate. Grotesque masks, Balconies, archways, staircases/steps in the narrow alleys and streets leading further up the city,
In the scorching heat a lot of gelati, afternoons with my nose in the Modica Choclate and in the evening it was waiting to get a seat at the over crowded restaurants and soooooo worth it... oh Sicilian food :) although I have to admit that for two days I had "pizza chips" for dinner; "tomato, cheese, origano and.... french fries"... seriously... on top of the pizza and it was damn tasty!Baroque is something I will start looking at for Inspiration, I can write hours about Baroque Architecture but I will spare you all :), I just feel its something worth fashion wise to dig a bit deeper into... again...The dress is Marc by Marc Jacobs,
and the heels Zara, I think they are super comfi, I climbed about 1000 stairs/steps up on them, on these old city pavements with no problems, the stairs and hills down was well... let's just say I'm happy I didn't rolled all the way down :)
Looking out over the Mediterranean sea, on top of a hill rises the Acropolis and its ruins overgrown with high rising grass and whey,
Our hotel was about 2 minutes from the beach and 10 minutes from the Archaeological Park,
on the beach you could see the ruins from the temples, and from the temples, (all Doric order)... well the view was magical!
This Greek colony dates from somewhere 650 BC, for a few centuries it was a powerful prosperity before it was wiped of the map by the Carthaginians and earthquakes, not until the 19th century was Temple E re-erected in this -by then- desolate ancient city.
I'm wearing a white eyelet skirt with an H&M slip dress,
Faux leather skirt, Antonio Madras silk top, Zara gladiator sandals
Erice, Sicily
This little City just stole my heart haha,
With its mostly mideval architecture it is breath taking, but this small walled city on top of the mountain with its castles and churches has a history far greater and dates back way before, 800 BC the Elymians raised the first fortification of the City, but in the late Bronze age the acropolis hosted the Venus Temple and her priestesses founded by Aeneas (a Trojan hero, the son of prince Anchises and the goddess Venus ), a sacred place dedicated to Venus and well known throughout the Mediteranian, On the Nature of Animals, Claudius Aelianus (ca. 175–ca. 235) writes that animals chosen for sacrifice would voluntarily walk up to the altar to be killed.
Day 2 the City was gently layered in fast moving clouds, layering the Castles and the Mideval surroundings in swift flashes of haze/mist, it was something I had never seen before, I would stand somewhere and a white sheer flash would suddenly surround me giving me a gentle cold breeze on a very hot day, standing in a cloud, it was surreal, something I would see in movies... surreal and magnificent!
I discovered that I'm a big big fan of Sicilian food btw, its sooooooo goooood!!!
the outfits;
the white dress is a 3.1 Phillip Lim sample, the shoes Zara and the bag is from gogosushi, the blue eyelet dress is H&M with Urban Outfitter sneakers, The Polkadot dress also a 3.1 Phillip Lim with Jeffrey Campbell lace-ups
Oh man, so sorry for the Massive post :)
