De Curtis Catania
Via Antonio de Curtis 30 Catania, Sicily, 95100, Italy
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La Dolce Vita
... for Christmas and the atmosphere was very calm and peaceful, unlike the hurly burly in the summer months when it is full of day trippers.
The theatre has such a beautiful setting, but Etna was a little shaded by cloud although clearly visible to the naked eye, wit ha little smoke rising from it's peak. Unfortunately only the close up photos showed it off well. And we were lucky, it erupted a couple of days later!
A stop for coffee and an ...
Jewel of An Island
... It took him a while, but he finally did. Driving on the right side of the road makes it infinitely less stressful than my last experience in Scotland!! We arrived in our hotel within the hour. By the time we got to Taormina, we were appropriately wowed by the beauty of Sicily. The views are simply fantastic, and not a little majestic. Our GPS did get another hiccup once we got to Taormina which literally clings on a series of cliffs and ...
The Sicilian Fly-By and Swiss Fighter Intercept
... by a Swiss Fighter". Sure enough, out of the sun comes a fighter jet and slowly pulls forward and closer to us. The kids waived, the pilot waived back and then banked hard left and dove for the clouds. We have video....but still have to get the video off the tape & onto the computers....our "camcorder" has not been updated even as we have continued to update our ...
Pompei to the boot
... direction and was on our way. Sicilians’ drive just the same as Italians. I think they’re good drivers, cause to find space the way they do, and to drive as close to other things the way they do is amazing. They’re not fussed on lanes, speed limits, or parking direction. They park on either side of the road, in either direction and if there is not quite enough space between two cars to park long ways, they back in or front in with their ...
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 ...



