Garden Catania

... fountain thingy that has a plant clock and the date which changes every day, made out of suspicously fake looking greenery. Food-wise, Catania has the best Aranchino hands down.  It's this fried (of course) orange-ish glob filled with rice, beans, ...

... We stayed at the top for about an hour before descending back to the village. Next day I headed back to the mainland, to Catania. I had intended to stop off in the Taormina, which is supposed to be a pretty little town with a Greek amphitheatre set high ...

They have a little train (pretend) going around the streets of Catania for 5 Euro, so spent 15min on that to see where all the sights are, didn't mention the fish market which is famous but did spend a lot of time around Bellini stuff. Had a meal at the ...

... 30 minutes later were in Messina, the entry city for Sicily.  From here we took a left and headed south-west to Catania for our first night.  We explored the old town center and found more sculptures and churches and beautiful buildings.  ...

... and afternoon hours. Sights and churches are usually closed for 2-3 hours after lunch. We also visit Villa Bellini which is a public garden but the pathway to a view of Mount Etna is blocked off. We enjoy an hour open topped bus tour called ...

... trattoria and instantly invited us to dancing and a Reggae concert happening later on that night. In Sicily, we visited Catania, Taormina, a volcanic island called Stromboli, and a port town Trapani. Again, the waters were amazing…nearly ...

... is full of contrasts, beautiful and rundown buildings share space in cities like Agrigento and Palermo, other cities like Siracusa and Catania are simply charming and elegant. Although I saw some suspicious guys who dressed like El Padrino I did not see ...

... Catania was a mere 2 hours, a pittance for us, but we weren't particularly ready for the rain that greeted us upon arrival.  Catania seemed like a nice enough city, so we wouldn't dare pass judgement on it based solely on it's main bus terminal, a dirty ...

... ) and went back to his girlfriends parents house for dinner. We ended the night at a café with friends of Bruno and Catania.                 The next morning we visiting a castle ...

... nearly as nice as Catania but has some cool historical architecture and amazing seafood. I was happy to show off the more beautiful Catania to Katie, where we were always sure to get good food, gelato, and granita due to my expert local advisors! We ...

... organic detergent. I awoke the next morning fresh as a rose from my Mom's garden, but the weather wasn't keeping up with my mood and was still rainy. But it let up after a while and I caught the bus to the train to catania and Mt. Etna! To be ...

... in a traditional wood oven that gives it a unique smoky taste! At only 70cents a piece, we stocked up before heading back towards Catania in the growing dusk - the clouds lifted just enough at the last minute for us to be able to enjoy the spectacular ...

... up-side it meant we got Christmas shopping done in a single day and made quick decisions. It also meant we got to visit Catania which we had not put into the plan. We stopped at almost every town along the way, visiting the ubiquitous ‘China’ ...