TAORMINA, SICILY

September 8th 2008
Our last days on QV: Sicily, Rome and home! Friday 5th September: Today, we arrived in the port of Messina on Sicily, an island off the southern coast of Italy. We all got up early and boarded our tour bus for the resort town of Taormina, about an hour's drive from the port. Taormina is situated high on the cliffs above the sea and is known as the "diamond" of the Italian Riviera. It ... read more

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more

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Pete, Sandy and PJ do a northern summer!

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On 1st August, PJ (8) and mum, Sandy (ageless) will embark on 5 week summer holiday in Europe. Their first stop will be Holland, birthplace of Sandy, then a quick 3 day visit to beautiful Paris. Back in Holland, there will be bike-rides, visits to the northern isles of Holland, and lots of time spent with PJ's favourite cousin, Jamie, who is also accompanying them to Paris. On 24 August, they will fly down to Barcelona to meet up with Pete who is leading a group of 100 listeners to his radio breakfast program aboard the glamorous Queen Victoria, cruising the Mediterranean. As PJ and S... full info

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