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Taormina (Sicily), Italy
... extend from the northern foothills of Mt. Etna at about 2,300 feet above sea level. The site of ancient volcanic eruptions, these lands are now extremely fertile, and continue down as far as the alluvial beds of the Alcantara River. The vineyards of Cottanera extend for 123 acres at 1,640 feet above sea level. You will tour the vineyard and cellar, then have an opportunity to taste their wines, which will be accompanied by some local ...
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
... his form and we take his ****** little dinged up car with a ****** gearbox out into the crazy traffic. We realize fairly quickly we should have asked for a GPS and then spend the next hour just trying to get out of Catania. We know there is an autostrada because we keep circling it, we just can't get onto it. Eventually we stop and ask for some help from the first friendly faces we've seen in Catania, a couple of police who give us good directions and soon we are on the appropriate path. ...
Left the boot now to Sicily
... grow rapidly. Also came across many old lava flows. We then went back on the bus and climbed up to 1900 metres before getting on a cable car that took us to 2600 metres. We then set off on a steep climb to the summit (3350 metres) but time and aching limbs left us a few hundred metres short. The volcano is still active and you can see smoke coming out of the crater. Last eruption was in March this year. It ...
Catania Kitchen
... Paul neither cooks or cares to learn, I was surprised and touched that he would choose this shore excursion as opposed to going up Mount Etna for example. A grand gesture and not unnoticed.
Going to the market with one of the signora’s assistants was mouth-watering, except for some of the fish stands where nothing is wasted and there are several nasty bits for sale. The fruits and vegetables were ...
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