May 18, 19, 2008 Taormina, Siclily After an enjoyable 3 hour drive, through some more mountains and coast, ( and some more tunnels, viaducts 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 here but could be a great sunrise place if we were ambitious ) and spent the afternoon snooping around the town. Very touristy but lots of interesting stuff to see and we will come back up tomorrow for a more detailed view. Nice quiet evening on the deck watching the full moon rise out of the sea and over the
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