So ooo the fish from the previous night was Dorada! So the valley of temples is in Agrigento which is another place that Mussolini changed the name of🤷🏻♀️ Temple of Juno Another sacrificial alter for animals offered up to Zeus On route to next temple Almond TREE. Who knew🤦🏻♀️ Graves Monuments to people who lost …
Continue reading Day 7 of 10 – Giardini Naxos via Valley of Temples and Piazza Amerina
It's going to be another long day! Last night's food and drink Black Russian And fish I'd never heard of because they'd run out of salmon 🤦🏻♀️ Oh and our tour manager Tom Trapani to see some salt pans 🤦🏻♀️ Then to Erice And then rather oddly a mist came across🤷🏻♀️ More Arangina this time …
Continue reading Day 6 of 10 – Agrigento via Trapani, Erice and Selinunte
So... food photos from last night. More traditional Italian food No idea what this was except it had like spaghetti hoops in it. It was very nice. There was another course which was veal which I didn't like so didn't take a photo of 😢😆 So I'm half way through the holiday and I really …
Continue reading Day 5 of 10 – Tour of Palermo and then Monreale
Another full day today. Information overload again! The only thing I remember about Enna was that it wasn't always called Enna! Mussolini changed it from Castrogiovanni for some reason I can't recall but I'll Google it. Enna up on a hill 930 metres above sea level. Not as high as Cuzco!😆 Self serve pharmacy! Cefalù …
First off last night's obligatory Aperol Spritz! And no food photos just the menu! And very nice it was too. Budget Airline (BA) could learn a thing or two from this hotel🤣 I'll be back later after our full day Soooo first Noto which was really nice.. And then to Ragusa where Inspector Montalbano was …
So now it's daylight.... the hotel.. Winston Churchill stayed here apparently 😊 Tiramasu for breakfast anyone! Didn't want to get up this morning 😫 It's going to be a good day so will be back later with photos😍 So today we went to Siracuse not with a 'y' and Ortigia which I think is an …
Taxi has arrived So I'm at Gatwick and safely through customs and that nerve-wracking bit! Only just realised that it will be the first time I've flown since 2019 😱 Should be boarding any time soon😊 ...... or not!!! We are delayed... due to not being able to remove an inbound passenger from the plane …
Should be back on English soil by 1pm all being well. Feel like we're going to be at the starting line of a wacky races race! We have to get to Calais by 10.30 am to stand any chance of getting on our ferry 🥵. Set off time 7.15 am. Any time now. I may …
For 12 hours according to Nigel and I guess he should know🤣 last hotel is in Belgium. I'll be back before you know it😆🤞 Yup with toilet breaks and lunch about 12 hours🙄 A few photos of our group And some 'natural ' photos as Sue calls them that she sent me where she's caught …
Hopefully my cat will be pleased to see me😊 Would you believe that it's lovely and sunny this morning! Why couldn't that have been yesterday 😕 Three hour drive and then three hours round Vienna and then drive to hotel in Vocklebruck 🤷🏻♀️for penultimate hotel before home to my own bed. Back with more bridge …
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