All' Orto Botanico Catania
Via Etnea no 502 Catania, Sicily, Italy
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... now sit atop a cliff overlooking the Ionian Sea. At one point along the way the usual blue Messina sign was covered with a black trash bag. The driver thought it was just a joke so kept driving on a few kilometers to a closed road. There was no detour or road closed ahead sign, just a black trash bag covering the name. Turning around seems like an easy thing to do, but said driver has ...
La Dolce Vita
... followed by a walk along the street looking in the shops which had now full opened and after buying some pastries for our waiters and cabin steward off we set for Messina.
After lunch onboard we had a stroll round Messina main square near the church to see the Astrological Clock as those who had seen the 12 noon chiming said it was stunning, but it was very very quiet. A combination of siesta and holidays had left the centre very empty so we headed home gain. ...
Sicilian Christmas
We had a most enjoyable Christmas in Sicily. Not having the kids with us and not being able to return to Rhode Island for Christmas, we went to a small town about 45 minutes outside of Catania where we spend the holiday with a very dear friend of Bill whom he works with. The interesting thing about this friend is that she was born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. She attended ...
Jewel of An Island
... roads that wind up very steep grades. Our GPS thought we were about 200 feet higher than we really were so our hotel was nowhere to be found (and I’m freaking out with a standard transmission car, making a “y” turn on a very, very narrow road [with a nasty drop off] and on a very steep grade (be warned that Paul’s story will make it sound like we were on a flat, wide road or something of the kind). I must admit that I ...
The Sicilian Fly-By and Swiss Fighter Intercept
This morning we caught a C-130 {slow propeller cargo plane} to Sicily. We landed and found that there is a flight to Germany in a couple hours. Tomorrow there are five or so flights to the East Coast. We are going to forgo exploring Sicily and opt to catch a flight to the US from Germany, and return to explore Sicily some future summer.....Susan really wants to try ...


