Taormina is a beautiful area with amazing water and quite the climb to the top where there are views of Mt. Etna and the mainland of Italy.
If you look really close, you can see a bit of smoke coming from the top of Mt. Etna.
A tribute to the prickly pear that grows everywhere on the island.
Caltagirone is a lovely town famous for it's pottery. We had a nice relaxing day there, besides the part where Amelia and I climbed the Staircase of Santa Maria del Monte that has 142 steps. The cool part is, each step is lined with a different hand made tile.
Even this duomo is made of tile.
Enthusiastic near the bottom.
Worth the great view at the top... she did it all by herself, with gusto! ; )
Enjoying cappuccinos, pastries and Hello Kitty chips.
The drive back down the hill was memorable, their Tom Tom gave us very narrow directions (scraaaaatttcccchhh!). Then it told us to turn right down this "street":
If you look closely along the sides, you will see steps at various intervals.We look forward to exploring more of you, Sicily... someday.
2 comments:
The Tom Tom thought you were stunt drivers, huh? Amelia's dress while stair climbing was absolutely darling. Did you make it?
Maybe they thought you were stunt-men in a movie. Those steps are so, so cool. Happy birthday again, and see you in a few, Lord willing!
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