[miss marmelstein]

We're talking Catania here. I've never yet met an Italian or Sicilian tour guide who accepted (in the old days) lira over dollars. You had to pay in dollars or no tour. Today, in Sicily, just to visit a temple, you have to pay baksheesh to “minders” in the car lot. They carry clubs. Sicily is corrupt! Beautiful, some very nice people, great food, but totally corrupt.

[Labyrinthos]

Almost as corrupt as Washington, DC.