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 [...]
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Taormina – Day Five
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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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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Taormina – Day One
All packed and ready to go on our travels to Italy, we set off mid afternoon for our overnight stay in the Premier Inn near to Manchester airport. We chose the quick route using the motorway which turned out to be unexpectedly slow and the fading afternoon light led to unpleasant driving conditions. This caused [...]
10 Comments CherryPie on Oct 17th 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
