The 15th of August Italy celebrates <em>Ferragosto</em>. On that day you might find yourself wondering around a deserted town. No shops are open if not a few cafes that gather together all the people that like you are asking: where is everyone? […]
Ferragosto is the most sacred holiday after Christmas, although it is strictly pagan. The name comes from Feriae Augusti – the rest day of Augustus, roman Emperor. On this day every single person in Italy is on holiday.
If you are in Sicily on Ferragosto, forget finding a plumber or an open shop. My advise is to go with the flow and to where everyone else is going. Where? Well, by the sea, of course!
Seeing is believing…
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