Mediteranean

Hi everyone and welcome to my developing record of an ERASMUS year abroad in the University of Catania here at the foot of Mount Etna. No signs of any volcanic activity yet...it just looks pretty in the sunset. Hope you enjoy this page with all of its ...

Our Mediteranean sailing adventure.

... , where we just recognized a major change in the landscape: The dusty desert sand-and-stone environment has made place to a mediteranean-like countryside with grassy ground, bushes, trees and even lush green forest at some places. We also enjoyed some ...

... Industrial parks, the Sagrada Familia Cathedral by Gaudi, Guell Park, La Rambla street and finally ended up at the beach on the Mediteranean. Words cannot express what I felt when I saw the water. It was the most perfect place I have seen in my life. ...

Four days of cruising the Turkish mediteranean...ahh..its a tough life! Great trip appart from day two when I got some sort of travellers gastro. Thought at first it was sea sickness, but soon discovered it was not. yeah, nasty place to be sick like ...

... see). It isn't well known, but Siracusa has more history and significance than Rome itself. This place was once the capital of the Mediteranean and the place to be. The ruins were facinating, its just a shame it wasn't explained in any way shape or form ...

After an early morning departure from Siwa we began the long journey to Alexandria. We were traveling north to the Mediterranean coast and thankfully the roads were in a much better condition than those on the way to Siwa. We made a stop at Al Alamein ...

On the move again... thank fully having upload a shed load of ...

Hi everyone, Malta is an island destination typically visited by mainland Europeans. It's too small and remote for most Americans to even bother spending the money to get to when there's so much more of Europe that's a must see. But we had the ...

Yep - sailing.  Last night, while discussing places of interest to visit in the area, the islands just off the coast here were mentioned. We were inquiring about ferry services when Marco (Virginie's neighbour) came up with a better idea. He ...

I went to Sitges with Laura. The sun was really strong and we only laid out for an hour and a half. I received a nice burn from that though. We walked around the town a little after. We walked up to the church (which was locked) then I walked down onto ...

(Day 5) Saturday May 15, 2020 Departing Venice for Mediterranean Cruise The morning was gray and raining continuously. I was in the courtyard at day break sitting under a canopy, protected from the rain. At precisely 7:00 AM the bell tower, directly ...

After leaving Bethlahem we had to go back through Jerusalem and make our way to Tel Aviv in order to get up to Istanbul. We only spent a couple of days here but we couldnt believe the difference 50ks makes. Jerusalum is far more conservative and Tel Aviv ...

Van Gogh lived here for a year, Nostradarmis was born here, we are in good company. The town is called St Remy, about 2 hours from Uzes.  It is quite different, no cobbled streets, but a ring road which circles the town centre.  In that centre ...

... bus to Monaco/Monte Carlo. it took about an 40 minutes and we saw some great scenrey on the way of villages overlooking the mediteranean. Monaco was a bit closed off when we were there because they were setting up for the Grand Prix which is on there ...

...  and walked down.  Even though it was cold that day, I remember it being a very sunny, beautiful day.  The Mediteranean Sea looked very calm, not too rough.  I didn't take my shoes off, though I wish that I had, but I bent ...