I love the beach in Sicily more

Went to Sicily from Thursday until yesterday, and I think it's my new favorite place in Italy. We stayed at Laura's roommate's parents' house, which at first sounds kind of lame...until you discover that it's a huge 17th-century Sicilian farmhouse in the middle of vinyards and olive orchards. The family was incredibly nice, too--fed us two of the three dinners and three of the four lunches we had while we were there, and they were all fantastic. And the people were very friendly and relaxed and funny. Among the other highlights:

-two glorious mornings at the beach with clear water and soft sand (I can use SPF 8 sunblock and not die).
-lunch at an outdoor restaraunt overlooking a restored windmill and sea-salt beds (you know, where they farm sea salt and pile it up in huge mountains right next to the shore).
-two winery tours--tour #1 was our own personal tour with a woman who did the Master's program at Laura's school, and tour #2 was at the place where they pretty much invented Marsala wine. Added a couple bottles to the collection.
-lots of sitting around and enjoying being in Sicily.