Masseria San Marco Bari

... 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!

... a bus tour to Mt. Etna but it was just a bus not guided. So I looked at other options. I found all sorts of different options. Many of them left early in the morning. So while I spent my time calling and researching the other options, my original bus tour departed and I was no longer going to Mt. Etna by any of the many options I had unearthed. Hmpf. (Haha, unearthed. I just caught that on my second read through for proofing. Nice one, Jos.)<br><br>But, I had a lovely time in Taormina ...

... 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>

... condizionata, tutte le comodità per<br>trascorrere durante la permanenza gradevoli e rilassanti momenti,<br>all'interno del cuore di Catania, le nostre stanze, curate nei minimi<br>particolari, rendono perfettamente il nostro concetto di ospitalità,<br>dove pulizia e accuratezza permettono una piacevole permanenza, ed è<br>questo a renderci tra i migliori B&amp;B di questa stupenda città.

... in the 1669 eruption in which nearly 12 000 people lost their lives. It is not a brilliant black it kind of gives the city a dirty look. <br><br>Our early morning tour of Catania started with 'La Pescheria' (fish market), followed by the chaos of the produce market were we brought fresh fruit and some amazing panini, bread stuffed with tomato, mozzarella and a spicy olive paste. From there we headed up to the Castello Ursino and some Roman ruins (something ...

... motorway we noticed many weird and somewhat disturbing things... firstly there was a kid sitting in the back of a car with a zimmer (aluminium walking frame) placed over them in the back seat... not so much dangerous as just weird... but the one that took the cake today was the little hatchback car with 2 adults in the front (not wearing seatbelts) grandma in the back lying across all 3 seats and the young kid lying across the back of the boot hatch!! Now the ...

... a beautiful Abbey in a local fishing port, I'm greeted by the local mangy moggey and have a great mooch about. I also find the local orchards and vineyards, a lot of which are covered in mesh at the moment to protect them from the weather, which I have to say today is extremely sunny, a balmy 14º C. Beside an orchard I set up kitchen and cook the remainder of my delicious hand made pasta, had a sleep ...

... for him and some of the 1,000 people in his staff to ride around in. After breakfast Dad and I drove up to the winery to celebrate Cantina Aperta, which is an event that happens twice a year and basically means that all of the wineries in all of Italy are open to the public. The other date is in late September and if you can make it to either one you will not regret it.

SO. We caught our train to Bari, and then transfered to our Ferry. And Erin and I immediately thought of Titanic.... but we were rational about this because i am really quite sure that there are no Iceburgs in the sea... But we got up to the deck, and find two deserted benches to occupy. They were plastic, and it was so hot, so when you sat or lied down, your skin stuck to the plastic and made an awful squelching noise.... But other than that. We got some supper (spagetti bolognes, which ...

Well, the part if the journey to Greece that I didn't think was going to be a problem started out a little rough. I still don't know how, but I missed my train to Bari and the nice first class seat that would have me arrive in Bari around 5:00pm. Instead I had to make three transfers and arrived at 1:30am. My plan to find a place to stay when I arrived ...