I am led to believe that “normal” travelers get on the road on the most convenient route to where they are going and that they make steady forward progress through the trip and that they arrive at their destination within a reasonable time.

Photographers do not do any of those things. We’re wandery, we’re distracted by light, enchanted by vistas, delighted by skies. And we take approximately forever to get someplace.

So many thanks go to Allison Scola at Experience Sicily for understanding those things and being ready to change her careful plans if there was a sunset that needed our attention. And so many thanks to our driver Massimo Mudó, who could park the van in some really tight spots just so we could get the shots.

Piazza Armarina, Sicily 
photographed 2.3.2025