Villa Romeo Catania

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... kind of think I've perfected it. Anyway, in Italy, it does niente! An old man at the railway station stared at me the entire way I walked toward him and I could feel his eyes on me the entire time I walked away. When I realized that I couldn't get out where I thought I could (this trip really is exposing my unknown flaw of a horrible sense of direction) he watched me walk the entire way back. And he wasn't a dirty, old man. He was just a grampa. Just an old guy. But that's the Italian way ...

... 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.

With our bus leaving at 11.30 to Catania we decided to get one more arancini and do one last sweeping tour of the market, that move nearly cost us our seat, OK we were the last ones to get a seat but we didn't get to sit together, mind you we didn't have to stand for the 3 hour journey, so things could have been a lot worse. <br><br>Catania is a laid back city, much of it is constructed from the black lava which poured down the mountain and engulfed the ...

... wandern. Nun ja..leider nein. Dafür führte er uns dann noch in eine magma/lava-höhle, welche wir mit taschenlampen und helm erkunden durften. Der im prospekt angepriesene typische sizilianische imbiss bestand dann aus einem im laden gekauften pizza-brot und einem enorm warm gewordenen wein aus den örtlichen ätna-trauben (welcher sonst aber sehr gut gewesen wäre).<br><br>Naja&#8230;.nächstes mal lieber allein raufgehen und dann wenigstens mit der seilbahn ...

The people from Florence are described as "changeable and moody".<br><br>Mt. Etna is much the same.<br><br>Evolution of the volcano is described as:<br><br>&#8220;destructive periods, collapses, landslides and subsidences alternate with constructive periods (explosive, pyroclastic activity &amp; emission of lava).&#8221;<br><br>Much like us people. J<br><br>Italians ...

... 30 minutes we were in shadow, dressed in shorts, sandals, and t-shirts, shivering against the evening wind. Oh Sicily have you no mercy? I grabbed the last rice, cheese, and meat sauce Arancinni at a local store and then Lauren wanted one so I gave her mine and had to go back in. They were now out of rice, cheese, and meat sauce Arancinni's so I was stuck eating one that was basically deep fried, chopped up spaghetti. "Yesterday's leftovers" as Lauren put it. The ...

... we were on the train down there, once we got to the end of the mainland of Italy, our train actually got onto the ferry (kinda like how cars get on there). We were just very amazed that the put the whole train on the ferry instead of making you get off, catch the ferry and then catch another train on the other side of the water. Sharon had a great time today trying out her Italian on some unlucky oldies in our cabin on ...