Casa Vacanze Minosse Syracuse

Catania photos here:
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We were debating whether to do a Mt Etna tour but in the end decided to give it a miss as it was expensive and we weren't guaranteed on seeing much depending on the conditions up the mountain.
Instead we caught a train ...

enfin sortie des rue sombres et sales de naples, Syracuses est une ville tres jolie et prorpre. La temperature est un peu plus douce le soir et le jour, au soleil c'est chaud. Nous avons vue le parc archeologique qui concitent une arene romaine, un theatre grec et une immense grotte ...

partie avec 35 minutes de retard, on est arriver plus de deux heures en retard a notre destination. 11 heures de train pour se rendre a syracuse. heureusement, la ville et l'auberge sont tous les deux tres belles.

point interessant , pourqoi partir un pont quand on peut prendre une heure pour mettre le train dans un bateau et lui faire faire la dstance en longueuil et montreal? les italiens le savent surement !

After our stay in Siracusa, we drove to Agrigento, on the south coast of sicily. Stunningly beautiful blue sky and blue Mediterranean waters set off the sight of magnificent Greek Temples onthe ridges overlooking the bay. Built in the period of around 565 BC these beautiful structures have withstood the ravages of invasions by Phoenicians, Carthaginians, Romans, Normans ...

... met, but we had been in contact recently by e-mail. They were happy to meet us, they took us to visit several elderly cousins, who spoke only Italian, but whose happiness to meet us was shown by kisses, hugs, tears, and abundant sweets and espresso coffee. We will hold memories of these dear people in our hearts.

... in Palermo, two days later. They were finally returned to Rome and we were reunited with our luggage. Oh happy day...together again!!
My advice is: do not book a flight on Easy Jet. No matter that thir prices are lower than some of the others. They have idiots working for them, and your luggage is just too complicated for them to kee track of if anything diverts their short ...

La nostra struttura, si trova nella via più
centrale di Catania, la sempre affollata e vivissima Via Etnea, da
alcune delle nostre stanze infatti, è possibile affacciarsi
direttamente sulla tipica movida Catanese, questa posizione rende
facile raggiungere ogni punto di interesse della città, dagli uffici
amministrativi ai locali di maggiore attrazione, alle università ecc ...

With our bus leaving at 11.30 to Catania we decided to get one more arancini and do one last sweeping tour of the market, that move nearly cost us our seat, OK we were the last ones to get a seat but we didn't get to sit together, mind you we didn't have to stand for the 3 hour journey, so things could have been a lot worse.

Catania is a laid back city, much of it is constructed from the black lava which poured down the mountain and engulfed the ...

... ich nahm das als zeichen des eingeständnisses, dass er sehr wohl wusste, dass er uns den alten vergammelten kochwein andrehen wollte :-)

Am nächsten tag wechselten wir in ein traveller-hostal, welches easy und kuhl wirkte.leider hatten wir am nächsten morgen wieder eine böse überraschung als die herrin des hauses meinte, es interesssiere sie nicht, was in meiner hostalworld-confirmation für ein preis bestätigt sei:sie wolle eur 5.—mehr als dort stehe! :-)

Nun ...

... the world. The outside walls utilise the columns of the original Greek temple of Athena, then it was progressively built on and became Norman in appearance, with substantial use of mosaics. After the massive 1693 earthquake it was extensively rebuilt and a new baroque facade was added. After the Roman conquest Sicily became the main area for providing wheat and was known as the granary of Rome. Significant deforestation occurred and Siracusa slowly lapsed into obscurity, as Palermo became ...