Day 63 — A petition for two-day museum tickets
We slept late. All our jam-packed days had finally caught up with us. We had coffee and a quick breakfast with what we had on hand, and Hugo started his workday. Caro washed a few [...]
Day 62 — A full day at Pompeii
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 [...]
Day 61 — One last bonus swim
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 [...]
Day 60 — Six hours late and one of us on the train
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 [...]
Day 59 — Etna smoking and a free ride home
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 [...]
Day 58 — An empty bus at dawn and a town on a rock
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 [...]
Days 56–57 — Chasing sunset through the Valley of the Temples
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 [...]
Day 55 — Two trains, a bus and 131 steps
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 [...]
Days 53–54 — Dodging storms and one very large gelato brioche
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 [...]