It is Friday and I am trying to write a post about what I did last Tuesday. It's not such an easy thing to do when you are on a 6-7-8 tour. That is the up at 6am, bags out at 7am and leave at 8am type of tour. We do not usually do organised tours, however this has been … Continue reading Catania – Syracuse – Noto – Ragusa: Who said I have no Stamina?
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Mount Etna to To Taormina – From Grey to Blue
Our overnight stop was at Catania, a major provincial city lying in the shadow of Mount Etna. Bill and I are taking the excursion to the top. Our coach takes us to 1900metres, where we transfer to a cablecar to get us up to 2500 metres. The area is a moonscape of pebbles and snow, … Continue reading Mount Etna to To Taormina – From Grey to Blue
Gone but not forgotten – leaving Umbria
So what is my wrap up of our wonderful experience in Umbria? Well, I guess the first time visitor to Italy is more or less compelled to see the famous sights of Rome, Venice and Florence, and they are wonderful cities in their own right, but there is not a city in the world that … Continue reading Gone but not forgotten – leaving Umbria
GWEN WILSON, Author, aka The Reluctant Retiree 