Baia Azzura Taormina
Via Nazionale, 240 Taormina, Sicily, Italy
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La Dolce Vita
... his Mercedes stretch limo!! Not such a posh vehicle it was 20 years old and there was not an undented panel, but he got us there safely another group of 6 in a mini van had to stop half way as it had over heated!
Taormina was very quiet when we first got there and we walked along the main street to the viewing platform then slowly back and up to the Greco Roman Theatre that is the jewel in it's crown.
The shops along the way were all ...
Jewel of An Island
... ready for a quick swing through the Eternal City this evening.
We arrived at our hotel in time to hit the Immaculate Conception celebrations in the streets of Rome (really!). In addition, I think it’s also the day that the Natale decorations are put up, strung up and lit up. The crowds were amazing!
We made it to our hotel in the shadows of the Pantheon (Sole al Panteone) in record time, given the holy day/holiday ...
Porto Messina
... digging a cistern under some houses. It was a burial site temple that was dug into the rock. It was constructed from 6000BC to 2000BC. The method of burial was to leave the bodies to decompose to ragged skeletons and then to throw what was left into pits. The structure was built 100 feet deep in 3 levels and multiple rooms. The ceilings were painted and the walls were built to resemble columns and decorative rock ceilings. We then went back to the city centre and Gail, the ...
Pompei to the boot
... and direction how could he fail.
Hotel was just lovely, sat on the terrace enjoying the view, played cards and drank wine of course, found some dinner at a nearby restaurant (pasta and pizza... yummo) and off to bed.
Next morning we managed to get back down to the “autostrade” and continued south till we found Pozzallo which is in the southern most tip of Sicily and the ferry for Malta. Sicily is very much cleaner and tidier ...
The Lady
... the next day we were off on a tour to Mt Etna. Hoping that the weather would clear more than it did yesterday. Not looking that promising at the moment though. Andreas collected us for our personal tour with four other people in a seven seater Land Rover. Nice and cosy with us in the very back Tom had his knees up around his chin. Luckily we all took turns and the three Spanish Girls insisted that Tom take the front seat. Our tour comprised of ...



