Casa Rupilio
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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
... after Tuscany and Piedmont. The distinct flavor of Sicily's wine is due to the volcanic soil from Mt. Etna, the smoldering volcano that rises nearly 11,000 feet above the sea.
Depart the pier with your guide for a brief drive through the small town of Naxos, founded by Greek colonizers in the 8th century BC. You will continue on to Randazzo, located between the Alcantara and Simeto Rivers, and founded in Byzantine times. ...
THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS
... met up with a few crew members at a cafe where there is good wifi. I was able to have a video chat with my mama before heading back to the ship.
I watched Silhouette the show for the 7th and 8th time and watched the movie Goon. On a side tangent, this movie is hilarious and since parts of it were filmed in Winnipeg it made me very happy to watch while being so far away from home. ...
Sicily sucks
... unsavory end of town. We are driving along a main street when a motor bike rider stops in front of us going the wrong way. He has such a stupid look on his face we think he must be a tourist who accidentally is on the wrong side of the road. We have no option but to stop for him as we are hemmed in from behind by traffic and he has his bike now right up against the front of the car. In a clearly practiced maneuver, his accomplice in a bike helmet opens up my side of the car and steals ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... grow rapidly. Also came across many old lava flows. We then went back on the bus and climbed up to 1900 metres before getting on a cable car that took us to 2600 metres. We then set off on a steep climb to the summit (3350 metres) but time and aching limbs left us a few hundred metres short. The volcano is still active and you can see smoke coming out of the crater. Last eruption was in March this year. It ...
Catania Kitchen
... cold. Her kitchen was large and warm and complete with Signora and four assistants, one of which was her daughter Monica. She had tables set up with a place for each of us. Recipes, cutting boards, rolling pins and pens at each seat made it obvious that Paul’s idea that he could sit on the patio and drink wine while she held her class was dashed the minute we entered her realm. She meant business. We got a lesson ...