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Travel Blogs from Capri Leone
Eat-drink-read-sleep-swim. Repeat.
... if he was protecting us. But as soon as we started to settle in, he got protective of his beach instead. He barked at us for spreading out our towels and then barked whenever I picked up a rock. This turned into nonstop barking, so we decided to abandon this spot. We walked back to the sidewalk and went further up the beach. Ends up the doggie was doing us a favor: after 5 minutes of walking we found something called "Coral Beach": a refreshment stand and bar with ...
Close Encounters of the Volcanic Kind
... substituting for the flashlight.) Our third encounter with them appeared to be the culmination of the game, as they pulled into a tighter group chanting “Pauli, Pauli, Pauli!” – I was unable to tell whether Pauli (a slight boy of about 10, wearing a sheepish grin as everyone surrounded him) had won or lost the game. But in any case, everyone seemed happy. We decided to eat at Pescatore at the marina, and had another fantastic ...
Saints, Soccer, and Sweets
... but friendly dogs and cats, and a few restaurants and bars. We sat on a bench at the marina and enjoyed our lunch and beer, while consulting the map that Diana had provided. Up the cliff directly to the left of us is Castle Rock, a high natural formation jutting out into the water, screaming “build your fortress here!” For six thousand years humanity has listened to that call. We wound our way through a few alleys to find the base of the steps up to Castle Rock. First ...
Italian Islands
The Aeolian Islands or Lipari Islands are a volcanic archipelago in the Tyrrhenian Sea north of Sicily, named after the demigod of the winds Aeolus.
A vibrant and seductive setting with ever present stories of Greek gods, volcanic eruptions and shifting populations. Surprised to discover that a majority of people from the island of Stromboli moved to Melbourne, Australia in the 1930's and ...
Vulcano
... mean volcano in Italian and the island is very small. You can see the volcano in the center of the island. It is a one hour hike from the port, but Claire doesn’t have shoes and we couldn’t hike it in her sandals. The volcano is still active. We saw pictures of it in the tourist offices and it’s not exactly bubbling with lava, but there is steam coming out of the top. There is also a hot sulfur spring in ...