Have you tried everything in Catania?

Say 'arancino' not 'arancina' here and watch someone explain, at length, why that's correct.

Order seltz al limone from a century-old lava-stone kiosk, ideally the storied Chiosco Giammona.

Check the flowerbed that spells out today's actual date in live plants, then watch pensioners on their orbit.

Order a brioche col gelato and eat ice cream as a sandwich, which somehow makes total sense in 35°C heat.

Say 'Grazie' (GRAH-tsyeh) — and leave 'minchia' to locals unless you enjoy being spotted as a tourist instantly.

Learn the single tongue-click-plus-chin-tilt that means no — cheaper than words and used constantly.

Mention Palermo favorably to a Catanese and receive a calm, thorough, affectionate correction.

Grab a spritz among university students near Piazza Teatro Massimo where post-work social life actually happens.

Wander the Baroque church-lined street rebuilt after the 1693 earthquake — no ticket, no line, just look up.

Bring up the volcano and get a weather-report-style update, since Catanese talk about eruptions like family drama.

Drop 'Amuni' (ah-MOO-nee, 'let's go') when friends dawdle over the next granita stop.

Bring up the bankruptcy, the refounding, and the Australian owner — locals treat it like a soap opera rerun.