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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
It was nice to wake up to a non rocking ship. It may be hard for some of you to understand what it is like to try and function while a ship is rocking. It makes even simple tasks like eating, brushing your teeth and showering very awkward. Sleeping is difficult as well especially when you feel nauseous...
We didn't have too much time in Catania together since Rochelle's show got ...
Sicily sucks
... be cutting it fine as the last aboard is 4-30 and we wasted so much of the morning just trying to get out of Catania. But push on we do, and eventually arrive at the village. However, this is also poorly signposted and we can't find the Greco theatre we came to see. With time fast running out, we turn around and start the trip back, quite disappointed with our day. Catania though has saved it's best till last for us. We typically get lost on the way back into town and we come in from ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... see it from our apartment. We are enjoying getting our own breakfasts and have cooked a couple of meals to get away from the pasta and pizzas.We have found the local butcher and the man who sells tomatoes from the back of his van. We went on a tour to Mt Etna. Spent nearly a day on the tour. By bus to the slopes of Etna before catching a little train that circumnavigates the slopes displaying the farms and ...
Catania Kitchen
... worthy, beautifully colored and just picked, glistening in the sun, tomatoes still on the vine and so many vegetables with a fine shade of purple that is indigenous to the region. Cauliflower, onions, ”green” beans, all purple. I saw vegetables I hadn’t seen since I left England as a teenager, like broad green beans. You just don’t see markets like that anymore in the states. Farmers Market in ...
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