Hotel Ostello del Borgo
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Corfu & Sicily
... staying in one of these 'luxurious' rooms! The hotel staff treated us like royalty, and we made friends with the lady at the front desk called Carmen who works insane hours and is amazing at her job. The hotel staff sent us up a complimentary bottle of champagne and fruit platter which was a luxury, we aren't used to being pampered, we are used to staying in hostels and sharing rooms with people who snore and sleep naked. While we were in Sicily we met up with some of ...
Taormina
October 18 Taormina (7 A.M.) Wow! Wow! Medieval town nestled on high cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean. Lots of photo ops here! We have a short orientation tour then we're on our own. Planning to dip our toes in the sea, we will have to take a cable car to the bottom. Last night we went by bus to a local Sicilian restaurant, ...
Sicily
Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples Fascinating tour, again with a local guide, of the Valley of the Temples. Built on hills by the Mediterranean, the Valle Dei Templi is considered the finest ruins in the world. The temples date back to the 6th century B.C. Amazing! So difficult to imagine, here we talk in centuries, not decades. The temple of Concord is considered THE best preserved Greek temple in existence. We also saw the Tempio Di ...
Life in Italy - part 2
No trucks are allowed on the roads on Sundays. Huge recycling bins everywhere, every 100 feet or so in public places, even a bin for organic waste. Lots of roundabouts in the smaller towns that really help with the flow of traffic Houses have blinds on windows on the outside that operate with a pulley-like string ...
Oct 17, 2012
... so far as to bring us chairs to sit on from another house. We laughed and talked, and ended up taking photos with them. What kick it was. We finally left and headed back to La Locanda to get ready for dinner.which was suppose to be starting sometime after 8:15. Well, the first course didn't get to the table until 9:15, then there was a second, third and fourth course, followed by Grappa! We slid out of there on our asses...so full of the best meal we had ...
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