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Corfu & Sicily
... the people we met there were lovely. However our time in Coprfu came to a tears end when we went to catch the ferry over to Bari for our flight to Sicily and we discovered that we had gotten our dates wrong and had missed our ferry and flight. Lisa had a melt down and was inconsolable, I have never seen her cry so much. We were stranded. It was difficult to organise our way to Sicily to begin with, and now our journey had just become 10x harder. It was really important for Lisa ...
Roman mosaics and a quaint medieval fishing town
Setting off from Taormina we gave ourselves a rest from lugging bags. We had arranged a private transfer to take us across the island to Cefalu. A mercedes and our driver Antonio arrived on time and we set off on a six hour drive to our destination. We ventured inland through fertile farming country which included vast tracts of gum trees apparently introduced to Sicily by Mussolini. On the way we took ...
Day trips to Syracuse and Castelmola
We set off on two day trips for our last fling in Taormina. Firstly we joined a tour which took us to one of the most beautiful cities in Sicily. Syracuse has been in existence since 734BC and showcases ancient Greek ruins, baroque architecture and medieval lanes. We toured the archaeological sites and were particularly taken with the aqueducts built in the ancient Greek times that still move water to this ...
Oct 17, 2012
... open where I bought a fresh loaf of bread, 2 Peretti Beers, some chocolate and some chips to go with the salami, prochuitto and Provolone Cheese we had with us. We then headed back to Sperlinga where we took in a few more sights and had lunch in an obscure Piazza of more cave homes. What an intereting town From there we headed to Petralia Soprana and our next B&B, Locanda di Cadi. The GPS was taking us through all the back roads and we were praying ...
Back in Cefalù
... Taxis are doing great business. We end up getting a lift back all the way from Cefalù as the train remains static.
1/10/12 After yesterday's drama with the train, we choose to stay closer to base and wander up the road past the fields of brassicas. Farmers are spraying.
Fabrizio and Maria invite us to join them for a light lunch ...