Hotel Antica Stazione Ragusa

... a few children dress in costumes, it is not a prevalent custom. But all children enjoy the fun of dressing up, so Halloween has begun to take on the flavor of the more secular and fun-filled trick and treat night of the USA. However, the non-religious aspect of the date is frowned upon here...Tradition is important in Italy.

... dass ich eine car-reise-firma habe und plane, künftig mehrmals pro jahr mit einem car voller leute bei ihm ferien zu machen, konnte ich das internet dann plötzlich gratis benutzen.juhui. nachdem wir so oft abgezockt wurden, dachte ich, dass ich die mal mit den eigenen waffen schlagen muss und so einen mist erzähle, wodurch er das gefühl hat, mit mir könnte man künftig gute geschäfte machen, wenn er ein bisschen nett ist zu mir... hauptsächlich habe ich das ...

... views! we also went to Mount Etna and got to walk along craters and everything! it was so great!!! Hopefully I can write more at a later date!

Tomorrow back to Dublin then sat off to ICELAND!!!!! Vigdis is picking me up from the airport she said WEAR YOUR PARTY DRESS CAUSE WERE GOING PARTYING!!! Wooohoooo hah this is going to be GREAT!

... E$150. Shared it with 4 other nice people. This train is not air conditioned well, does not provide food opportunity and is not in nice shape. However, it was cool b/c it needed to be loaded onto a ferry for part of the trip and we got to see scenery.

Once in Naples, need to transfer to local train for a 1 hour trip to Sorrento.

Stayed at Garden Villa. 20 rooms. E$300/nt. This hotel was elegantly furnished and had a ...

... blubber to keep you warm!

Special mention from the cruise must go to the most talkative passenger of all - Mr Woo. He must have talked to the majority of passengers on the ship and covered a wide range of your typical holiday chat. This included the economic expansion of China and the fear that America and Russia have of Chinese military expansion and the subsequent threat to the West.
Is it any wonder that having seen lone individuals diving overboard ...

Went to the valley of the temples today. It's suppose to be one of the most important Greek sites.. It has a handful of temples, most destroyed in recent earthquakes, and many many artifacts. For $10 i got into the HUGE museum and to the site of the temples. The museum holds many many many relics and a ...

... of Piazza Armerina after visiting the castle, ate wonderful granitas, then made our way back to our hotel, which had a chlorine-free, minimal wave-action, 80 foot long swimming pool (so booth was delerious!). The restaurant did a tasting menu -- so you got a little of each of their appetizers of the day, a little of two different types of pasta, then a mixed grill, salad, and seasonal fruit. Two bites into the appetizers, Booth looked up, sighed, and said "I love Italy."

Dear Lord........... In Cammarata today I got a ride on the back of a kid's sports bike with my backpack on. You'd have to see my backpack to understand... It is packed to the brim, but not only that, it has another backpack strapped to the back of it full of food and water ( at least 6 liters of water...). I'm thinking around 80lbs.. and it has ...

... with incredible and absolutely fantastic meals they had prepared. I ate sooooo much! We spent about 10 days in Floridia and while it was wonderful meeting everyone I was exhausted by the end of it, so many new faces of relatives that I knew I had but had never met before. Of course we spent most of the time getting to know each other and I learnt alot about my family and got to see many photos that I'd never seen ...

... fallen in the Great Wars. The view of the valley was beautiful too. By the time we'd made our way back to the bus and took pictures of the town built into the hills, we remembered we were supposed to regroup at St Georges! Tom and I basically ran back up the stairs and the steep streets just in time to meet the group to start back down to the bus.....we got our exercise in that afternoon! It was a bit of a drive to Piazza Armenia. We didn't stay in the town ...