Garden Catania

I just checked out my 'stats' section and I'm quite pleased with my little blog and how much people are enjoying reading about my travels. I have over 20 5-star ratings and over 2,000 viewings. That is so incredibly awesome!<br><br>Apparently my photos are also not so bad. Travelpod has selected almost a dozen of them to be included in the daily ...

Sheesh, my blog is turning into a Grey's Anatomy show will all these song lyrics in the title. Hey, by the way, is Grey's on? I can't believe I'm missing a whole season of my shows. (Yes, I would rather be in Italy than watching McDreamy. But it's a close race. KIDDING.)<br><br>I arrived in Giardini Naxos yesterday. I had originally planned on taking the train, but the bus worked out better so I was a couple hours early. I found the hostel without any hitches. As you know, that is rather ...

... artistic and cultural places <br>Typical of fun and excitement of the nightlife of Catania suit stays <br>pleasure, <br>places of economic interest but also suitable for business travelers. <br>Alba Hotel overlooks the beautiful and bustling Via Etnea, center <br>undisputed of Catania, extending for 3 km from the Duomo to the park <br>Tondo Gioeni, <br>and finally it shows the background the imposing and ...

... br>B&amp;B Massimo, ha una lunga tradizione di<br>ospitalità e accoglienza, che ha reso la nostra struttura B&amp;B, tra<br>le più affidabili della città. Veniteci a trovare, per prenotazioni o<br>maggiori informazioni, compilate il form nella sezione contattaci.<br>I nostri servizi: Parcheggio e prima colazione<br>le nostre stanze Ampie, spaziose, dai colori caldi<br>e gradevoli, parquet ...

With our bus leaving at 11.30 to Catania we decided to get one more arancini and do one last sweeping tour of the market, that move nearly cost us our seat, OK we were the last ones to get a seat but we didn't get to sit together, mind you we didn't have to stand for the 3 hour journey, so things could have been a lot worse. <br><br>Catania is a laid back city, much of it is constructed from the black lava which poured down the mountain and engulfed the ...

... br><br><br><br>Sobald der markt zu ende ist, wir aller abfall auf den boden geschmissen..ein wirrwarr von karton,papier, essensresten, schimmligen früchten/gemüse und vorallem berge von ausgenommenen fleischknochen, wo sich dann allerlei insekten und strassenhunde verköstigen&#8230;und in der brütenden sonne stinkt es gehörig J<br><br>Andererseits etwas weiter weg dann der unglaublich weitläufige markt mit kleidern und allerlei ramsch&#8230;ein labyrinth von st ...

A lovely quaint very old area. Stayed in a lovely hotel with great attentive staff would recommend it to any couple looking for a romantic break or second honeymoon. Just off the main shopping street of Corso Umberto but found that the shopping was over priced so don't go expecting any bargains.

The people from Florence are described as "changeable and moody".<br><br>Mt. Etna is much the same.<br><br>Evolution of the volcano is described as:<br><br>&#8220;destructive periods, collapses, landslides and subsidences alternate with constructive periods (explosive, pyroclastic activity &amp; emission of lava).&#8221;<br><br>Much like us people. J<br><br>Italians ...

... The only thing hot was the bus ride sans air conditioning out to Toaramino. Toaramino has two parts, the older town sits high above the beach, and you can take a bus or a quick and scenic cable car down to the newer section of beachfront hotels, restaurants, and shops. We wandered into town, and my calls to our preferred hostel went unanswered. We were on our way to hostel number two when an elderly woman in a red polyester suit jacket thing stopped us and ...

... cable cars that take you even farther up.... somehow it missed a super nearby restaurant, so that owner's entreprenurial spirit took advantage of some pics of the flow and ta daaaa!!! postcards! yes! By the time we left there it was snowing (already a couple feet on the ground), hailed and then rained the way down,a nd finally sunny. We are weathered out!!! Went with a few people fromt he hostel, including this Greek couple. The lady was hilarious, she really ...