Nh Liberty Messina
Via 1 Settembre 15 Messina, Sicily, 98123, Italy
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La Dolce Vita
A lovely morning in Messina and we are hoping to disembark early enough to catch the train to Taormina. Unfortunately the Italian officials took their time so it was 9.20am when we got off and not quite enough time left to catch the train.
There were taxi drivers offering to go there for €120 for 4 people and stay and hour. We got together with another couple and negotiated down to €100 for a 2.5 hour stay, only 1 driver would take this so off we ...
Jewel of An Island
... lit in front of the Vittoriano monument. Then we turned into Via del Corso and the undulating red, white and green lights of the Italian flag hung overhead for what seemed like at least a mile. We also ran into a small parade of the faithful carrying a statue of the BVM on her feast day. The longer we walked the more outrageous the crowds got….it suddenly turned into a French film with all sorts of interesting characters…..but ...
Porto Messina
... in running a bed and breakfast). We have met some of the folks I was in touch on the cruise critic roll call..others we meet at dinner where we sit with different groups every night. A couple of ladies we sat with on the first night were from Toronto. Actually, one from Pickering and the other East York. She still resides in the area that she grew up in, which was the same area as Rob. We even went to high school together, however, she was in grade 10 when we were in grade 12....small ...
Pompei to the boot
... on the foot path. Very inventive, these Italians/sicilians.
Our road south took us along the coast, mainly on huge via ducts, way up in the air between the cliffs and the water. Got to Taormina and found the town built the same way. Made our way to our hotel after getting lost several times. It was on the top of the cliff and the road up was OMG so windy, high and narrow, but Mike did a great job, with 4 other navigators and lots of ...
Messina
... conversatie gaande te houden maar het leek ons een leuke manier om nieuwe mensen te leren kennen.
Naar goede gewoonte maken we na het eten nog een korte wandeling op het promenadedeck en daarna gaan we naar de kamer een dvd-tje kijken.
Praktische info:
de haven verlaten:
het schip ligt vlak aan de hoofdstraat aangemeerd. Je kan dus zo van boord wandelen.
van Messina naar de etna of naar Taormina:
openbaar vervoer ...



