Familyl Questions (not really mafia related)

[Lupara]

Many of The Godfather Sicily scenes were filmed in and around Taormina. I believe the village served as the setting for Corleone.

That's right. I made my own tour along the place years ago

I thought the Godfather was filmed in Savoca, Sicily...

Which is a half hour drive North of Taormina

I think its less then half an hour but i agree...i really got wasted with dozens of limoncello shots in the tavern where Mike talked to Apollonias father, since there was a bar and lots of pics on the walls in there of the movie, and also some hand-made guns as decoration, and i think nearby or some 10 or 15 min walking or maybe less, there was the church where they got married, and also ill never forget Coppolas silver statue

I never realized that was an actual tavern, is it a big tourist spot? I'm surprised it wasn't publicized that much, or was it?

It is...the first thing you can see in the hotels around eastern Sicily is the Godfather tour, but i was around that part for awhile so we went around the villiages on our own, meaning with our own car. You can literally get wasted in the tavern and the inside is quite beautiful. The time when I was there it wasnt packed at all, just few tourists here and there but yeah its an atraction, with all the churches and stuff...all of the places are marked so you cannot miss anything

Sounds like a good idea to travel on your own if you are good at it. Now for the most important question: Did any young ladies look like Apollonia ?

Simonetta Stefaneli is from the mainland. I don't think Sicilian women look like that. Her daughter is even more beautiful.

[bert]

Simonetta Stefaneli is from the mainland. I don't think Sicilian women look like that. Her daughter is even more beautiful.

Now I have to go look for a pic of the daughter.