Jim McLeod takes you through the Botanical Gardens in San Miguel de Allende and he shows you the dam that was built some hundred years ago to provide power for their textile mills.

Trattoria del Cavaliere was a restaurant we tried to enter on our first visit to Sicily, but the waiting line was out the door and down the street.

This ceremony is taking place on a sunny day right at the University of Catania which is 5 centuries old!

The Colorful and Historic Streets of Catania, Sicily
Billy and Akaisha Kaderli

That being said, once I refocused my eyes the variety of the city and liveliness of the people, I began to fall for Catania's quirky allure.

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Catya, the Russian woman who hosts our apartment in Catania, Sicily, drives us up to Europe’s most active volcano, Mt. Etna.

The amphitheatre of Catania is the most complicated and largest of all the amphitheatres in Sicily.

In San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, Jim and Kathy McLeod show you the 1AM to 5:30AM Fireworks display representing the “fight” between Good and Evil.

Not far from our apartment in Catania, and on one of our well-traveled paths to the historical section of the city is this Pizza and Pasta place.

Recently, the media has been covering the influx of Expats into countries such as Portugal, Thailand, Mexico, Guatemala or Panama. Apparently, this rise of foreigners relocating in these cities and towns have the locals annoyed.

An over 100-year tradition of celebrating the fight between Saint Michael and Satan is held in San Miguel de Allende, in Mexico.

Here we are, well into our 34th year of financial independence, and according to the pundits it wasn’t suppose to be this way. We were supposed to run out of money, the 4% rule doesn’t work, and we would be bored.

Today, we wandered around the Historical section of Catania, and just a few stone throws from the University of Catania, is Mooddika Restaurant.