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Cefalu
Not a great nights sleep after a ridiculously big meal. I was full after the pasta and then had to wade my way through a meat and dessert course. How do Sicillians stay so slim yet eat so much? Today we explored Cefalu. It’s a very old town and was in Arab hands for a…
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Escape from Stromboli
I awoke to the dulcet tones of our neighbour’s TV and lay there for a while, too scared to look out of the window. Would it still be windy or would we be able to make our escape today? Eventually I could stand it no longer and peeked out of the window. Still windy but…
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Stranded in Stromboli
This morning as we packed, We started discussing where to go once we got back to Sicily as the weather is due to be very wet the next couple of days. That, combined with a feeling that anything we did after yesterday would be a complete anti climax, was making me feel we might as…
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Stromboli
What a day! Started off with both of us feeling knackered. Steve could not sleep due to a sore neck and a cough.(no doubt due to the sulphur on the volcano) This then meant I was awake for ages – the good news was I managed to finish reading my book. Had to be at…
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Vulcano
Wow! The volcano delivers. I did not expect to see such an active volcano. After breakfast( which was discreetly served on our private terrace I’ll have you know, no having to rub shoulders with other guests) We (literally) hot footed it up to the top of Vulcano. Dressed in our walking gear and carrying rucksacks…
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On the volcano trail – part 2
Feeling virtuous this morning and went to the gym before breakfast. I swear this hotel wants us to die of dehydration. The water from the tap tastes revolting – really salty. No bottled water is provided. I presumed the “fitness centre” would have water, but no. Eventually I tracked some down in the “wellness centre”…
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Syracuse
Spent the day exploring Syracuse, where Archimedes was born and where Plato was the advisor to Dion. It’s also famous for the painting of St Lucy by Caravaggio so a star studded place indeed. We wandered down to the old town known as Ortygia, which is an island connected by bridges to the rest of…
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Cava Cassibile and Avola Coast
Sweet breakfast again today but not a patch on Villa Ambra’s. Did I tell you I liked Villa Ambra? We decided to visit the pools of Cava Cassibile today. They are in a gorge not far from Avola and are supposed to be very pretty. When we arrived, it wasn’t at all clear as to…
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Portopalo and Isola della Correnti
Today we had to leave Villa Ambra as they were full for the next few nights, and relocate to Avola. After another belly busting breakfast we attempted to rearrange the contents of our suitcases and rucksacks. we wanted to leave most of our belongings temporarily at VA and go exploring, collecting our luggage later, on…
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Sicily wanderings
I wasn’t intending to keep a blog this time as we’re only away for a couple of weeks but it’s an easy way of keeping in touch and also of keeping a note of where we went when etc. , so here I am again. Why Sicily? Basically both Steve and I have wanted to…
Middle-aged flash packers
The ramblings and wanderings of two middle-aged travellers up for adventure
- 2021 – There are no plans. Covid
- About
- Australia/Vietnam Revisited 2025
- Bulgaria – Roses and Trains 2025
- Cabo de Gata 2024
- Costa Rica 2015
- Escape to Italy 2017
- Going round in Circles – Circumnavigating Spain 2021
- Gran Canaria – The Isle of Dogs
- Greece – Pottering The Peloponnese 2021
- Into Africa – 2022
- Into Africa -November/December 2022
- Jordan Jaunts 2023
- Mini adventure in Northern Portugal – 2018
- Mission Triglav – Slovenia, Italy, France 2017
- My blog
- Myanmar and Thailand 2019
- Oman 2019
- Oz Odyssey – Australia, Fiji,Hawaii 2016
- Panama 2023
- Return of the Road Warriors – Europe revisited 2019 Liechenstein, Switzerland, Italy, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Germany
- Road Trip to Anywhere – France, Italy, ? 2022
- Roaming the Rhodope – Bulgaria
- Sicily wanderings – on the volcano trail
- Tea, Trains and Temples – A journey around Sri Lanka 2017
- Tenerife 2024
- The Grand Tour – Driving from UK to Turkey and back again 2015
- The Hills are Alive – Austria road trip September 2025
- The Silk Road – Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan and Azerbaijan 2019
- Turkey – 2020
- Wainwrights Lake District UK part 2 2022 March
- Walking the Wainwrights part 1 – Lake District UK 2021
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