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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
... appreciated in performances today; the splendid 15th century Palazzo Corvaia; and the Odeon, a small Imperial Age theater set amidst colorful public gardens.
SICILIAN WINE ROADS
Duration: 4 1/2 hours
Tour Code: tam-006
Explore Sicily's historic winemaking tradition during this picturesque half-day visit to the wine region near Mt. Etna.
Sicily is Italy's third most important wine and ...
THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS
... to the rocking of the ship the day before she had a mid day rehearsal. So we went into Catania which we had already ventured through when I was cruising with my parents. Rosie and I just shopped a bit, go wifi and ate arranchini's (those amazing rice balls that need to come to North America, they are unreal)
I ended up staying in port for awhile after Rochelle went back to the ...
Sicily sucks
... have to head out towards the station to find the other car hire place. Again, the area near the station is quite unattractive and we wouldn't want to be here at night. The man in the car place is supremely unfriendly and doesn't speak a whole lot of English and whilst we will make valiant attempts, hiring a car is just a way too complicated process to try and undertake without vocabulary. He won't give Paul the car he wants, just says its no longer available and we have to take a small ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... grow rapidly. Also came across many old lava flows. We then went back on the bus and climbed up to 1900 metres before getting on a cable car that took us to 2600 metres. We then set off on a steep climb to the summit (3350 metres) but time and aching limbs left us a few hundred metres short. The volcano is still active and you can see smoke coming out of the crater. Last eruption was in March this year. It ...
Catania Kitchen
... worthy, beautifully colored and just picked, glistening in the sun, tomatoes still on the vine and so many vegetables with a fine shade of purple that is indigenous to the region. Cauliflower, onions, ”green” beans, all purple. I saw vegetables I hadn’t seen since I left England as a teenager, like broad green beans. You just don’t see markets like that anymore in the states. Farmers Market in ...