Two Random Shots from Ragusa in Sicily

Ragusa in Sicily is the kind of place you get in Sicily that is impossibly pretty, particularly the old town - Ragusa Ibla. The city is famous for its dramatic scenery, with houses and churches piled up along steep hillsides and separated by a deep ravine.

Here is one of those impossible pretty buildings with a summer storm brewing in the background

After a massive earthquake in 1693, Ragusa got a makeover in the fanciest style around—Baroque. Today, the city is a UNESCO World Heritage site,

But of course me being me I also had to set out the grittier parts, the bits that everyone else overlooks, I old weathered doorway that has had a few hundred years of people walking through it. This sort of history never fails to impress me.