Hotel Il Gelso Bianco
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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
... well-preserved Randazzo is the most attractive of Etna's villages, and built entirely of black volcanic stone. Upon arrival, you will visit the main square and Cathedral of Santa Maria Church, first constructed in the early-13th century, and subsequently rebuilt several times.
After a stop at a famous local patisserie in the Cathedral Square for a refreshing pistachio gelato, you will continue on to the Cottanera Estate. ...
THE ROCKING IS OVER WE'RE ON LAND YESSSSS
It was nice to wake up to a non rocking ship. It may be hard for some of you to understand what it is like to try and function while a ship is rocking. It makes even simple tasks like eating, brushing your teeth and showering very awkward. Sleeping is difficult as well especially when you feel nauseous...
We didn't have too much time in Catania together since Rochelle's show got ...
Sicily sucks
... wasted a lot of the day going round in circles. This place is poorly signposted and the streets are tiny but eventually we are winding our way up the hill to Etna. It gets colder and colder the higher we go and there is heaps of either fog, or the cloud cover, can't decide which, so visibility is poor. When we get to the top we are underwhelmed. I don't know what I expected, but this barren landscape littered with lava rocks and a whole bunch of tourist buses, but not much else, ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
We headed off early from Amalfi for another cliff side bus trip to Salerno. Only 30 kms but one hour fifteen minutes of tricky bus driving at Italy's exhilirating best. Joined the train at Salerno for a six hour trip down the coast to Messina. At that point we viewed Italian skills at their best. On the mainland side the train was split into two, one half going to Palermo and our section on to Taormina. In ...
Part 1 - Rome to Sicily
... a relative who left 60 years ago but is still in their hearts. Although the trip is very tiring for him physically, he visibly sparks up and becomes animated when he is in company. It is amazing for him that we have 10 of our Australian family members in Sicily at the one time. My only regret is that it is autumn and almond milk and granitas are off-season.
As we cross the strait from Messina to the mainland we eat our arancini ... to be continued.
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