Gresi Catania

... 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

... images section on their homepage. I'm stoked!

But here's the thing I think is coolest. (See photo to the left.) I assumed most of these countries were highlighted because I've been meeting fellow travelers, but then I realized there are some countries here where I haven't met people from. Which means random people in random parts of the ...

... for me. But then I rang and rang and rang and rang and nothing. A little bakery backs up to the alley of the building. Two guys came out on their balcony and said (or at least I think they said, in Italian) "Bang on the door! Ring all the bells! Knock louder!" I told them that I had and then repeated my actions for them to see. They grabbed a cordless phone and the younger regazzo came down to dial the phone number of Gianni. (I was staying at Gianni House.) Anyway, apparently because ...

... br>B&B Massimo, ha una lunga tradizione di
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I nostri servizi: Parcheggio e prima colazione
le nostre stanze Ampie, spaziose, dai colori caldi
e gradevoli, parquet ...

... might start having to get used to again) before heading to the park to try and get a view of Mount Etna through the clouds and to eat our purchases from the market. From there we made our way down to the Piazza Del Duomo, a UNESCO World Heritage site. We tried to go to the botanic gardens but this was shut and then sadly for us so was our favourite pastry shop, yes that's right we have been here a day and we already have a favourite pastry shop. With ...

... entlang verschiedenster strässchen/gässchen. wir lieben solche märkte :-)

Nach der besichtigung der paar wenigen sehenwürdigkeiten wollten wir an den strand, was dann eine längere odysee wurde und wir viel zeit an irgend einer bushaltestelle in einem vorort verbrachten. Endlich am strand angekommen mussten wir feststellen,dass die wasserqualität in der nähe dieser grosstadt nicht wirklich zum baden einlud. Zudem hat uns die hostal-lady gewarnt, dass einige ...

... an emotional bunch. In fact, they pride themselves on their emotions, their passion.

This emotional bent is also apparent by the many idols – statues of Mary, churches, looming dominance of God, crosses nearly everywhere you look. A sign of devotion as part of the Italian Culture.

Refugio

We stayed at a Refuge on Mount Etna – menu scant.

... so I finally had to remind our waitress. They brought it out and it was almost like stuffed squid, and in Mike and Lauren's opinion not very good. A big bummer, Mike called it. Greg and Claudio, a fellow wide receiver said they come by to have a drink and met us at the restaurant once we finished. They gave Mike his cell phone, then they took us to a cracking nightspot were we had a beer and talked. They are really nice guys. Mike was ready to fall asleep on ...

Day 133 - 134, 17th - 18th October 2006, Catania and Mt Etna, Sicily: remember kids, duck and cover No sleep ins for free campers, we were up early before anyone had the chance to harass us. After a few laps of the port and attempting to board the wrong ferry (we really should look at our tickets a little more closely) we were on the car ferry and on our way to Sicila! Our bellies were grumbling already with all the talk of Pasta con le sarde (Sicilian pasta with sardines), Cannoli ...