Hi all, this is going to be a short post I think today. I am in Taormina Sicily. I brought me laptop with me but it is being a nice big paper weight in my hotel room as the hotel only has dsl and I have no cord to hook it up. So here I am at an internet point and only have so long. The train ride here was a little crazy. I did not prepare myself for it thats for sure. I was lucky enough to get the top bunk (can't you just here my sarcasm?) lol and could only reach it by a ladder. woke up every time the train slowed down for fear that I was going to roll out of bed. It was hot sometimes and crazy cold other times. i decided to get up around 6am and was glad I did. we were just starting to board the ferry. It was super cool how they did it. They devide up the train into all the cabins. Then they move them on piece by piece until they are all on. it ends up looking like a big jigsaw puzzle. Got a couple of good pics from the deck of the ferry as it was about a 30min ride to the island. ended up in Sicily at 8:30. Got lost finding my hotel and walked in the opposite direction for an hour. :( Finally found my way and was able to check into my hotel early. hit the town and saw some really awesome sights. Had the most expensive supper of my life so far(I'm pretty sure). Spent 40euros on it. :-0 Got eaten buy mosquitos last night and couldn't figure out how to turn the ac on in my room. oy...
Today I ended up sleeping through my alarm. Really, I have no idea how this happens to me, but what can I do? had to meet my mount Etna tour guide at 8:50am and woke around 8:10. rushe dto get ready and still even had 10min to eat breakfast. Had another cappacino(sp?) (my second on this trip so far) and then headed out to meet my guide. I was right no time. The Mount Etna tour was awesome. We saw tonnes of lava rock and had a couple of wine tastings. Bought a couple bottles of wine ( I'm really starting to love this stuff) and a really yummy tasting fruit flavored honey.
I am heading to naples tomorrow night on an overnight train again. Yup, gluten for punishment. however it was take an overnight train for 8 hours of sit in a regular seat for 6 during the day so I figured I would save the hotel cost for another night. i get into Naples at 6:15 on Sat morning and then who knows from there. I was going to go to Bari and Naples but it turns out there is no direct train and it was going to take me over 12 hours to get there during the day and I would have had to switch trains 5 times. So, instead I am skipping it (it wasn't ment to be) and I am heading to naples. Looking forward to it.
Anyway, my time is up. I will hopefully come back online in a few days. Wish me luck!
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