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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
Naxos is gateway to the island of Sicily's strategically significant northeastern region. From this port city, it is a short transfer to Taormina, resting 820 feet above the sea and overlooking imposing Mount Etna. In the early 20th century, Taormina became a colony for expatriate artists and writers, including D H Lawrence. Highlights of any tour of this city would include the remarkably preserved Roman-style Greek Theater, whose acoustics ...
Eat-drink-read-sleep-swim. Repeat.
... of beach in front of it that has a bit more sand, and no buoys. The concessions are all boarded up for the season which is just fine with us; we have it all to ourselves. For two hours it was just us and the empty beached boats. We stayed there for five hours and there were a total of maybe 10 people on the beach and none very near to us. Off season on this island translates to ghost town! The day had started out cool and cloudy, and the forecast was for rain ...
Close Encounters of the Volcanic Kind
... through the neighborhood instead of back to the port. We passed through pretty houses that seemed a combination of Italian, Spanish and Arab in their styling, and which had an astounding array of colorful landscaping. We wound our way to the center of the town and procured lunch provisions at a nice alimentari (supermarket), then found our way to the Acqua Calda beach. This beach has natural hotspots; fumaroles deep below the water, coming up through layers ...
Saints, Soccer, and Sweets
The bunk beds on the train were reasonably comfortable and we slept reasonably well, but both woke up frequently during the night. Rob was awake when the train was transferred to the ferry, which was about 4:30am. I woke up briefly at 5am; it was surreal to look outside the windows and see that were were indeed on a boat. The ferry has two sets of train tracks on it; the other set was vacant for our ride, which made it easier to see how it works. I had felt us board the ferry but ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... with views for miles down the coast. The main street Corso Umberto is about 800 metres long with shops, restaurants and bars along it's length. During the day with ocean liners in, it is very busy but then by about five oclock it's only us" locals" here. One of the major attractions here is the Teatro Greco a perfect horseshoe theatre built in the third century BC. It is still used for arts festivals. We ...
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