Archive for October, 2019

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Taormina – Day Nine

As on the previous day I enjoyed chilling (with a book) out on the French balcony in the early morning sunshine whilst Mr C snoozed for a while. Our plan for the day was to visit the Alacantara Gorge on the CityBySee bus but, once again, the trip set off at lunch time leaving the [...]

11 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 2019

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Taormina – Day Eight

I woke up before the alarm went off, got washed and dressed before sitting on the French patio with a magazine watching Etna puffing smoky artwork into the sky. When Mr C was washed and dressed we had breakfast before buying tickets for the CityBySee open top bus. The next scheduled bus to Sovoca, our [...]

5 Comments CherryPie on Oct 30th 2019

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Taormina – Day Seven

We arrived in the breakfast room earlier than the previous day and to our relief it was a lot less chaotic. It being the weekend, we indulged in a glass of Prosecco with our breakfast. In my case I paired it with fruit; sadly strawberries were not on the menu.
Suitably replete, we walked to the [...]

6 Comments CherryPie on Oct 28th 2019

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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.
William Blake

12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 27th 2019

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Taormina – Day Six

We arrived at breakfast a little later than on the previous days and found the room to be full and chaotic. Some food items were running out, including bread, and we  had to wait for a table to be laid. After breakfast we walked to the bus stop near to the Porta Messina to purchase [...]

8 Comments CherryPie on Oct 25th 2019

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Taormina – Day Five

This was the third day in a row that we had to plan breakfast around a meeting with the tour rep. We decided to go in for breakfast and Mr C slipped out to pay for the trips. In the end he only paid for the Etna trip as there was still doubt surrounding the [...]

14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 23rd 2019

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Taormina – Day Four

We were ready for breakfast slightly later than intended so because we had arranged to meet Sylvana to pay for the trips we had chosen, breakfast was delayed until after the meeting. We had chosen one of the Etna trips and a visit to the Aeolian Islands and Stromboli. We were informed that Stromboli had [...]

12 Comments CherryPie on Oct 22nd 2019

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