We haven't done much here yet... after traveling all day Saturday we stayed the night in Catania, the second biggest city on the island. However, after the worst sleep we've had on this trip, including the airplane, we decided to bail out of our planned three days in Catania at the cheap but dirty and very noisy hostel, and instead checked in to a three-star hotel up on the side of Mount Etna. Convenient for hiking, Wi-Fi internet, a pool, and blessedly quiet, clean rooms. Worth every Euro!
So tomorrow we're hiking up the side of another volcano, after which we will return here and laze around by the pool, maybe surfing the net to catch up on the Canadian news from our deck chairs. ($1 CDN = $1.02 USD!!!)
Meanwhile, here are some of the picture highlights from the last few weeks...
The Amalfi Coast, a minute from where we stayed in Atrani:
And a view of Atrani from up on the mountain, taken while we were hiking:
From a few days further back, an attempt at an "artistic" photo -- this is the ferry from Dubrovnik, Croatia to Bari, Italy.
And a picture from the top of Vesuvius:
Also at the top of Vesuvius, here we are with the crater rim behind us.
Here's Claire outside a pizzeria in Naples, where we enjoyed a couple of fantastic pizzas (but the ones we had for dinner the next night were better):
And here's me in the ruins of Pompeii.
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