Blogs from Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 36

First rule of driving in Sicily? There are no rules! ; 2nd rule – refer 1st rule Fri 6 May to Sat 14 May 2011 Had a great overnight ferry trip from Naples to Catania, Sicily. We had a cute little cabin with own shower and beds were very comfortable – it was like flying 1st or business class with a gentle rumbling of the ship’s engine. Not quite the Queen Mary experience. Arrived in Catania, Sicily safe & sound. This is our first rental car experience – all good from collection & after little challenging start with our GPS we got out of Catania and on the open road to Agrigento, home of some of the world’s best preserved Greek ruins. If Robbo had been driving we’d never have been able to leave the ... read more

The next stop in our adventure was Rome: Italy’s former capital, and the ancient capital of the Roman Empire. Our first night in Rome consisted of an intense hiking trek that was cut short because we were, for lack of better words, tired as fuck (more on this in the next paragraph). The first thing we realized while in Rome was that Spain (specifically Barcelona) was far easier to navigate. Everything was close together and the metros were really easy to figure out. Rome, not so much. For starters, Rome consists of several one way streets, or one ways that require, oddly enough, a Michigan left, whereby they become one way streets with two way traffic (at least that’s how they felt while we were walking). Another point we observed early on: traffic rules don’t really ... read more

Today we are going home with Ryanair 8.°° Pm, so we got half a day to spend! In the morning we packed our bag and went by bus to Modello Beach, around 50 minutes away som city centre and it was truly amazing! Almost like the pictures you see from Thailand, white sand and turquoise water! When we lay there and relaxed I see this strange boat comming towars us so I grabbed my camera and took some pictures. After some hours we decided to go back to th centre and take the bus to the airport. When we got to the trinstation thepolice had put up barricades and there was demonstrations everywhere. Fortunately we got on a bus to the airport but letme tell you, without some extra-time there and we had missed our flight! ... read more

The worst night so far! It rained and it blew so that the car was vibrating! It was not much sleep. But today we returned the car in Milazzo and took the train back to Palermo. We are staying at Ai Quattro Canti hostel again for two days, and the hostel arranged activities during the evening. We joined them to a fish-restaurant. When the food got into the room I was stunned! There was theese gigantic plates with only fish, squid and shripms! Haha :) Me and my sister chose meat instead, and we got a similar plate but with a lot of sausages and dumplings instead. But, only meat, no salad, no potatoes, no rice. Well, that's how it is ;) Tonight it is going to be really comfortable sleeping in a real bed, and ... read more

Hello! This has been a very long day- and night. It was freezing cold during the night, well, a blanket and a towel is probably not enough to keep warm! My feet were frozen solid. A bird woke us up, it screamed just outside of the car, it was really cute. But however, we went up until the road started to go back down again. There was this cablecar to the top of Etna, but when we walk inside to the cablecar and asked how much it would cost it turned out that it would cost 56 euros!!!! including cablecar, bus and guide to the top.. Well, it's really not a trip for students wich not got plenty of time to hike up to the very summit. Well, we decided to just walk around to some ... read more