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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
Naxos is gateway to the island of Sicily's strategically significant northeastern region. From this port city, it is a short transfer to Taormina, resting 820 feet above the sea and overlooking imposing Mount Etna. In the early 20th century, Taormina became a colony for expatriate artists and writers, including D H Lawrence. Highlights of any tour of this city would include the remarkably preserved Roman-style Greek Theater, whose acoustics ...
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
... from the floor on the passenger side. I am trying to wrestle both it and the iPad from him (which I have had out on my lap for directions) but he is quick and efficient and within seconds the bike rider has picked him up and they zoom off down an alley with my bag. It is all over in under a minute and we can't even get out of the traffic quickly to chase them. We eventually get turned around and follow looking in garbages in case they toss the bag to no avail. It is now a quarter to ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... see it from our apartment. We are enjoying getting our own breakfasts and have cooked a couple of meals to get away from the pasta and pizzas.We have found the local butcher and the man who sells tomatoes from the back of his van. We went on a tour to Mt Etna. Spent nearly a day on the tour. By bus to the slopes of Etna before catching a little train that circumnavigates the slopes displaying the farms and ...
Catania Kitchen
... close in the 70’s, but now it is the Grove, complete with Nordstroms, MAC and other designer stores and corporate shops. Other than the annoying gypsy beggars I found it all to be enchanting. Then we were back on the coach to the Signora’s house.
Her home perched up on the slope of Mt. Etna was ancient. Looks hundreds of years old, but probably dates back a hundred or less. Stone walls, muraled, ...
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