Katane Palace Catania

... are following. I LOVE THAT!<br><br>So, hope you all are enjoying the silliness that I'm putting out there for you, and keep on reading, rating and most importantly, commenting. I can't tell you the smile I get when I see that I have responses. <br><br>Alright, enough house keeping. Back to being crazy so I have new, exciting things to blog about!

... to see a flowing lava river (as I did in my dreams last night... scary) so I guess one volcanic crater is any volcanic crater? I'm sorry if any volcanologists are reading this and just got really offended. If it would make you feel better I am completely open to being flown around the world to explore various volcanic formations to be proven wrong. Please see my profile for contact details.<br><br>Alright, hope everybody is having a very happy halloween! Carve an extra pumpkin/jack-o-lantern for me.

... to provide more perfect service. <br>In its rooms, many with balconies to admire from useful <br>Etnea street, you get LCD TV, Wi-Fi <br>telephone <br>bathroom, air conditioning, safe, and all accompanied by a <br>abundant and delicious breakfast. <br>The staff, a warm and unique hospitality, will welcome the <br>accommodation and room will be on hand to offer the highest <br>quality of its services.<br><br>

<br>La nostra struttura, si trova nella via più<br>centrale di Catania, la sempre affollata e vivissima Via Etnea, da<br>alcune delle nostre stanze infatti, è possibile affacciarsi<br>direttamente sulla tipica movida Catanese, questa posizione rende<br>facile raggiungere ogni punto di interesse della città, dagli uffici<br>amministrativi ai locali di maggiore attrazione, alle università ecc ...

... disappointment we headed back to our hostel as the rain started to fall. It looks like we haven't left the bad weather behind us, yet. <br><br>We checked the weather report for the next few days and they weren't looking to good, with that in mind we decided to book our train ticket and head to Rome on the next overnight train. <br><br>We had one last day in Sicily and the weather looked like we could step out of doors. We headed straight for the bus ...

... br><br><br><br>Sobald der markt zu ende ist, wir aller abfall auf den boden geschmissen..ein wirrwarr von karton,papier, essensresten, schimmligen früchten/gemüse und vorallem berge von ausgenommenen fleischknochen, wo sich dann allerlei insekten und strassenhunde verköstigen&#8230;und in der brütenden sonne stinkt es gehörig J<br><br>Andererseits etwas weiter weg dann der unglaublich weitläufige markt mit kleidern und allerlei ramsch&#8230;ein labyrinth von st ...

A lovely quaint very old area. Stayed in a lovely hotel with great attentive staff would recommend it to any couple looking for a romantic break or second honeymoon. Just off the main shopping street of Corso Umberto but found that the shopping was over priced so don't go expecting any bargains.

The people from Florence are described as "changeable and moody".<br><br>Mt. Etna is much the same.<br><br>Evolution of the volcano is described as:<br><br>&#8220;destructive periods, collapses, landslides and subsidences alternate with constructive periods (explosive, pyroclastic activity &amp; emission of lava).&#8221;<br><br>Much like us people. J<br><br>Italians ...

... the train station at two, just in time to catch the hour and fifteen minute bus back to Catania, then take another short bus to the airport for our 4:40 departure to Milano. While Lauren napped, I was turning the pages of my James Ellroy trilogy. After an hour I realized that we weren't moving very fast and hadn't gotten very far. The clock on the bus read 3:30 and Lauren and I were a bit nervous. Traffic continued to be terrible, and we finally made the station ...

... but this country is just full of crazy drivers. Sometimes they stop for red lights and sometimes they don't.. We had been staying in a four star hotel here but they only open the restaurant for a few hours so it's not easy to eat when you feel like eating. We had to leave that hotel today as they were booked and we've moved to a little place on the Duomo (main plaza)but they don't have an elevator so I told ...