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 [...]
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Taormina – Day Nine
11 Comments CherryPie on Oct 31st 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 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 Three
The breakfast room was light and airy and the buffet spread was comprehensive, including some rather sweet looking choices that were not quite to my palate first thing in the morning. After breakfast we met with Sylvana, the Citalia rep. She told us about the various trips that were available and where to find things [...]
16 Comments CherryPie on Oct 21st 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
Earth laughs in flowers.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 20th 2019
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Taormina – Day Two
We were up, not necessarily bright but early, at 4 am in order to be at Manchester airport for a 5.30 check-in. The heavy rain that had started the previous afternoon had almost stopped as we loaded our luggage into the car. At the airport we headed to the check in desk and found that [...]
19 Comments CherryPie on Oct 19th 2019
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Cherie’s Place – Thought for the Week
I do not think I shall ever forget the sight of Etna at sunset; the mountain almost invisible in a blur of pastel grey, glowing on the top and repeating its shape, as though reflected, in a wisp of grey smoke with the whole horizon behind radiant with pink light, fading gently into a grey [...]
14 Comments CherryPie on Oct 13th 2019
