http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Italy , Sicily , Taormina en-us Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:02:05 +0000 Fri, 01 Jan 2010 08:02:05 +0000 Day 28 SiracusaWe headed out to Archeological Museum in the late morning walking there from the hostel. The museum is outstanding it covers prehistory to Roman times and has artifacts from many sites in Sicily. We took more than 2 hours to go through even with some hurrying at the end since we wanted some time outside in the beautiful sunshine. We walked past the remains of one of Siracu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-455091.html Alright today was a bit of a pain in the ass. I spent most of the day figuring out where to go and how the hell to get back to main land Italy. I was trying to go to a formula 1 race in Milano but I could not get a good flight or train ride up there in order to make the race. Then I had to go to train station in order to reserve a seat on the train to rome and I ended up not getting off at the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-436485.html Vi er havnet i internet uland. For foerste gang i tre uger har vi set en internetadgang. Teksten er allerede et par dage gammel og billeder kan jeg ikke naa at uploade til jer i denne omgang. Vi har i nat krydset haelen under Italiens stoevle og sejler nok videre i dag. Vi har det superfedt og baaden er glad.Der er get en rum tid siden sidst der blev lagt noget p bloggen. Vi har haft rigti http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-398851.html When the Travel Bug BitesSo here it is my first official blog. I can think of no better place to start my travel blogging experience than to write about my first adventure outside of the United States. Even though I only lived there for one month the experience truly did completely change me. I came back with a thirst for foreign language culture and food. To this day I truly believe that the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-397358.html We were awakened by a lot of noise and talking at about 300am on Monday morning. A few hours later the delicious smell of fresh bread wafted in our window. Later when it got light and we looked out we realized that one of our neighbours across the narrow street is a bakery. If I can make it over there in my pyjamas by 630am I can get a crusty loaf for 1 euro.We drove the 5km along the shore to http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-384629.html We are in Taormina Sicily. We spent the morning traveling from Rome picking up the rental van and waiting for the Frictons. We all piled into the Ford Transport 9 passanger van like the van from paris and headed up Etna the mountain known to the Greeks as the home of Vulcan God of Fire and the one eyed Cyclops. After a long windy and drive up the Volcano we were turned away from the sum http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-348606.html 03 Oct 2008The SS124 from Taormina to Giardini Naxos is incredibly narrow and windy. It still managed to fit us a car going the other way and a scooter with the occasional bus thrown in though. Giardini Naxos was pleasant to drive through and we followed signs out along more windy roads up the valley to the Galle Dell Alcantara Alcantara Gorge. As a side note I've decided at this point that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-334658.html 28 Sept 2008Fortune was with us today the ferry docked and at reception I asked where the Maggiore rental car company depot was. The man informed me right there pointing off the side of the boat. I looked out the starboard window and sure enough there was a building right there with the sign in plain view. Just a short wait for the office to open at 730 and then we were off in a VW Passat. I http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-332659.html 29 Sept 2008 these blogs being uploaded from Letojanni have to do pics laterAnother sunny day awaits us breakfast was excellent. The residence provided fresh croissants normal cornflakes chocolate cornflakes coffees fruit juice and jams. I imagine the jam was for toast but didn't see anyone having toast. We asked for bowls for the cornflakes you can guess what flavour the boys chose b http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-330144.html Our last days on QV Sicily Rome and homeFriday 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 is very mu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-321545.html The first weekend trip we went on was to Taormina which was fairly close to where we were about a 30 minute drive. We went to the Naxos Museum which is where all the artifacts from previous work on our site are displayed. We got a tour from the Italian archaeologist that is one of the head directors of our dig who actually did the previous work on our site. He also took us to a very tasty past http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-291589.html A Quarter of a Century in France and Start sending my mail to Italy...So I turned the big 25 in Nice France of all places. I woke up on the morning on May 19th to find a castle constructed outside of my cabin door...how's THAT for a birthday surprise I also found out last night that since we have another charter onboard some computer software company they have decided to bring on some of th http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-279284.html May 18 19 2008Taormina SiclilyAfter an enjoyable 3 hour drive through some more mountains and coast and some more tunnels via ducts and great scenery and a short ferry ride across the straights we settled into a very neat little town on the east coast if Sicily called Taormina for a 2 day stay. We took the cable lift up to the hillside town center from our beach front hotel no sunset http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-278411.html Hello there Been in Sicily a few days now. Had fab time really glad I made it down here. The hostel is really lively n happy hour I've discovered is actually about 3 hours Woohey Stayed in Catania as its cheaper here but went to Siricuso n had a look at the Teatro Greco Romano or Ampitheatres where I come from They were pretty awesome. My favourite place was Taormina though. Was r http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-200369.html We reluctantly left Siracusa and drove north to Taormina. The 45 minute drive skirted Catania through bumpertobumper traffic. We thought the worse was over once we exited the highway and began to drive the steep approach to Taormina. After making three failed attempts to penetrate the hilltop morelike cliff top defenses of Taormina we parked the car and set out by foot to find Grand Hotel Time http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-185423.html My trip began with a bus to Salerno just south of Amalfi. Once at the train station I chose Sicily as my next destination over Greece as I have always wanted to go and was not quite ready to leave Italy. I was expecting cheaper prices nicer people and a more authentic grittier version of the Italy I've come to know over the years. And for the most part that's exactly what I found. I de http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-184642.html Holidays in SicilianbspEurope raquonbspItaly raquonbspSicilia raquonbspTaormina By Mitchel and SebastienJuly 14th 2007Taormina is on the east coast. The old village is on the top of a mountain in front of the see. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Italy/Sicily/Taormina/blog-182263.html Buon Giorno Tricia and I made a visit to the island of Sicily. I didn't know what to expect from the home of Don Corleone. I must say this was among the most beautiful stops of them all. 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