The last blog was the first time I let Ross edit it ahead of time and he missed a big one. Left out Taormina and the steep climb - I completely left out the steepest walk. We had left San Giovanni de la Punta and we did head to Capri Leone but on the way we stopped at Taormina. I was excited because it has a great pedestrian walkway loaded with shops. We decided to do the walk UP to Castelmola first. After a climb of 200 stairs we got a good look ahead to where we were going. It was a small village perched atop a mini-mountain cliff. Straight up. We took much longer than the suggested time. Heat and breathing became the focus. The directions were this: follow the old mule path as it
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