Casa Melina Bed & Breakfast Catania
Via Calatabiano 20 Catania, Sicily, 95125, Italy
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Tyrreno Sea Coast
... 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
... for Christmas and the atmosphere was very calm and peaceful, unlike the hurly burly in the summer months when it is full of day trippers.
The theatre has such a beautiful setting, but Etna was a little shaded by cloud although clearly visible to the naked eye, wit ha little smoke rising from it's peak. Unfortunately only the close up photos showed it off well. And we were lucky, it erupted a couple of days later!
A stop for coffee and an ...
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
... favorite enoteca by the Spanish Steps. Paul amazed me with his keen sense of direction (must have been the meditations 'cause he’s normally directionally challenged….of course, I’m the only one that agrees with that!). As we made our way slowly (we’ve never seen this many people packing the streets), we found streets closed off to traffic (not by police, but just by people taking over the streets!). We happened upon the ...
The Sicilian Fly-By and Swiss Fighter Intercept
... Rice Balls."
We manifested for the Germany flight and wound up on an Air Force Lear Jet! Before we boarded Travis asked, "Dad, can I have a window seat?" My reply, 'Travis, everyone has a window seat!"
It was a six seater and we were the only four passengers. After a couple hours the pilot turned around and said, "Don't be alarmed, but we are going to ...



