It has been a while since I have posted here. Many things have happened since. Unexpected things. The pandemic hit my sector, tourism, really hard. Active tourism in Sicily even harder. While hotels and restaurants could benefit from a slow return of mostly national guests over the summer months of 2020, this was not the case for active or cycling tourism because it is simply too hot. And when our season finally started in September, we were soon again closed down by another lockdown. 2021 brought more European travelers back, but it was not until 2022 that International tourism really came back.
But the forced slow pace really made me think and ask myself, how things should continue for me. After long and difficult reflections and with a very heavy heart, I left a job I was really passionate about. I had helped to build up one of the first active tourism companies of Sicily, but I had also known for a long time that there was no future for me in that company. I was very hesitant and sad to leave behind what I had created. But it was time for a change and a necessary step. So I started a new adventure as a free lancer. And I had no idea how liberating that would feel and the great opportunities that would soon come up!
One of the things the pandemic has taught me was, how precious time off is. And priorities - people and relations are the most important thing, not work.
And the absolutely best part of the pandemic was that we had time for bike trip along the West Coast of Sicily. When will we ever have the possibility to take off two weeks end of May, the most beautiful time of the year in Sicily, but which is usually our peaks season? So as soon as we were allowed to move within the region (Sicily that is), we left our worries behind (and oh, we had many!), packed our bikes and took the train to Palermo!
Check out or "Corona Adventure" here -> From Palermo to Agrigento
