Casa Famiani Bed & Breakfast Letojanni

... Taormina for a better view of Etna than from Catania and to check out the town.
We foolishly thought it would be easy to walk the 850m from the train station to the town, but didn't count on most of it being some ridiculously steep gradient. Got there in the end, but bus would have been the better option...

Catania, Sicily, Italy richlum

... are from Nicaragua. The cooks are Indonesian as are the stewards, also Haitian. The bar staff are Phillipinos. Our headwaiter last night was Jamaican, the previous night, Indian.
I had a pedicure yesterday. It was the 'Fire and Ice'. Massage, hot stones, and cooling gel were part of it. What a joy! After, I went into the ladies spa areas. They have tropical rain showers where the water comes from the ceiling just like rain, then the whirlpool tub ...

... 8217;m Done Like Dinner.
Maybe I have a lack of truly being able to live in the moment, I never thought about that before. I am always moving towards the next phase, the next process. When I was leaving, I wasn’t allowing myself to enjoy the process, I was stressing about my apartment, and my new job and my friends dog. Even while on my trip (this is a natural thing I hope) but I was constantly concerned with where I ...

... most authentic whilst the Palestinian guide will tell you at each opportunity how good they are to let you in since they are not really of the faith anyway...yeah, it can destroy the moment. Then strip it all away and reanchor yourself in the history. The exception is Jerusalem.

Jerusalem
It is a fascinating city and I would go back there tomorrow to see more. One aside on Jerusalem, they need to do ...

... are following. I LOVE THAT!

So, hope you all are enjoying the silliness that I'm putting out there for you, and keep on reading, rating and most importantly, commenting. I can't tell you the smile I get when I see that I have responses.

Alright, enough house keeping. Back to being crazy so I have new, exciting things to blog about!

... and look that I received. And again, normally I'd appreciate the compliments. But because everybody has scared the poop out of me to be cautious of the men, I would stare down every guy that looked at me or honked at me or called out the window, "Bella bella, dime cosa, bella. Dov'e vai, bella?"

Here's the thing though. In America if I had flashed this look at some guy, it would have made him blush and immediately turn away. It's the "Your mother would be ashamed of you." look ...

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 ...

... in a beautiful dress, enjoyed a beautiful dinner with a window view, thanks to Elsie who had the forsight to book reservations.

Our post dinner ritual had us stop by the International Cafe for a piece of cheese cake, on the way to the Princess Theatre. Nothing like those double desserts! That's why we get friendly with those cardio machines in the fitness center!

The evening ...

... amazing town with fantastic views. We saw 4 weddings. The father and the bride walk through the streets and meet the guest who are waiting outside the church and then they all proceed into the church together. We saw the amphitheater where the Taormina film festival was taking place.

Beautiful views and fun places to shop.

... By the time we got to our rooms and had a chance to manuver our cases into the very cramped quarters we'd missed everyone else going out to dinner. We started down the main way and the first restaurant we came to didn't see interested in seating us...I believe the waiter was busy watching a sports game. So we walked further down the road ...