Hotel Pomieri
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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 ...
Roman mosaics and a quaint medieval fishing town
... detour to visit central Sicily's biggest attraction, Villa Romana del Casale in a town called Piazza Armerina and we were certainly glad we made the effort.The villa dates back to 286AD and was covered by a landslide in the 12th century. It was not until the 1950s that serious excavation work began. It revealed magnificent mosaics covering almost the entire floor of the villa. These mosaics told a ...
Day trips to Syracuse and Castelmola
... sandwich at a local family restaurant. Started with complimentary bruschettas and ended with their local almond wine. They were extremely friendly with Mamma taking our order seated at our table. The real Sicily! We had a great time in Taormina, a perfect place to spend a week in an apartment. As a final tribute to Taormina we would like to relate a story about an American tourist we met at the Greek ...
Taormina
... away. Great food and hospitality. Breakfast is being served, more later, hopefully with pictures. The Internet is very iffy here. Walked through the village of Taormina which was amazingly quaint. Had lunch in an outdoor restaurant in a piazza overlooking the Mediterranean, great food, great service. Very warm today ...
Sicily
... the way, we will pass Mt. Etna, one of the world's major active volcano. Last eruption in 2009. Our adventure is winding down. It has been wonderful and I will be sad to leave. Will I be back? I would love to, this trip was but a glimpse of Italy but there is so much to see and experience elsewhere, it's a "big world after all"! As St. Augustine wrote: The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page. (Okay, does that mean ...
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