We got up, had coffee, ate the leftover pizza and packed a lunch, then headed for the train station. The walk took us past the cheap markets run by immigrants, where clothing goes for as little as €0.50. We took the Circumvesuviana to Pompeii. We got on at Porta Nolana, where we were a few [...]
We naturally slept later after yesterday's adventure. We did not really have a plan for today because our Pompeii tickets were booked for tomorrow. A friend who had done roughly the same route a week or two before us mentioned going to Procida. We checked the ferry schedules and decided to do the same. We [...]
We packed our bags the night before, knowing it would be an early start. We had coffee, grabbed the bags and were in the town square by 07:20. Together with a group of school children we got onto the bus and started the winding descent towards Taormina. Once all the school goers had been dropped [...]
Hugo had a 09:15 meeting, so we only left the apartment at 10:50. We decided to take the walking road down to Taormina. Turning the corner at the St George church, the big one, we saw that Mt Etna had "erupted" again and had a long smoke column coming off it. [...]
Another transfer day. We got up super early to walk the 1 km back to the station with our bags. The plan was the 06:27 replacement bus. In the dawn light we were the only people on the square, and we started wondering what the odds were of a bus actually showing up — the [...]
Monday started as a workday. Hugo had a meeting at about 09:15, while Caro washed some clothes. We ate the salami, cheeses and other things bought the previous evening for brunch, then had more of the same for lunch. At about 15:30 we finally left the apartment and followed the upper road from the Duomo [...]
Sunday was moving day again. We checked out at about 10:00 and started walking through some of Cefalù's narrower side streets and archways with our big bags. We stopped at a bakery and bought a crispy baguette-type loaf, then walked back to the Duomo and sat on the steps. The bread and our [...]
Friday was a full office day for Hugo. After work we went for another swim. There were clouds around, so it was a little cooler than the previous day, but the water was still very nice. Back at the apartment we had a quick shower, then explored more of Cefalù's narrow streets on the way [...]
Today was a moving day again. For the first time it seemed like everything would work out smoothly. We could check out by 10:00, walk or catch a bus to the train station, arrive in Cefalù by 12:00 and check in immediately. We checked out by 10:00 and walked to a coffee shop. It took [...]
Wednesday started with the realisation that we had a room but no kitchen supplies. We had not yet visited a grocery shop and did not even have milk for coffee. Luckily, there was a small café-bar around the corner that seemed to be used mostly by locals. Nobody appeared to speak English, but pointing at [...]
