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SICILY’S HAIRY MOUNTAIN ROADS
10th November, 2016: THE COAST GLIMPSED FROM MOUNTAIN ROADS We had another lovely day, exploring round the coast,first glimpsed from the roadway high above. It frequently wound round the lower slopes of a mountain. Soon we were walking down (and up from) one of the famous little fishermens’ towns – Castellammare […]
SICILY’S ROADS
11TH November ALL THE WAY BACK TO PALERMO After a long fruitless diviation through mountain roads we finally joined the coast road again. Graham found a convient place to stop and we browsed the map and worked out the fast route to our destination. He put Sutera into Miss Satnav again, but […]
FAMOUS ROMAN MOSAICS
AMAZING FAMOUS ROMAN MOSAICS – LOVELY MEAL – TAORMINA – GREAT SMALL HOTEL 12th November:. ANGER ENDS IN DELIGHT We did have an adventure on our last day in Sicily, of course… Despite debilitating influenza raging within us both, we were in any case faced with the long journey home. Our […]
CASTROVILLARI
HOMEWARD BOUND CASTROVILLARI. 13th November: POLIZZIEI DIRECTED US When we got off the ferry and had disentangled ourselves from the mish-mash of cars noisily entering and leaving the port we found ourselves on a fast highway. All Graham’s attention had to be on his driving, so he missed seeing the new range of […]
