Pictures from Sicily

This was our ride through Sicily
Another picture of the beautiful Mediterrian Sea
The ruins in Agrigento , in the background, that is us in the foreground!
The Mediterrian Sea
I am standing next to a "live" statue in Taormina
Taormina as viewed from the gondala
We had lunch on the beach in Taormina , they have the BEST pizza in the world !
On this rock island is Truman Capote's vacation home only way in or out is by sea !

The giant stairs , "scalazza" in Caltagirone

Catania at night
The underground city that was recently found in Catania !
Catania Town Sqaure

Our Trip of a lifetime!

Our children Nicholas & Rebecca have been begging us to visit them in Sicily for the past year, we finally took them up on their offer on September 6, 2006 . After a 10 hour flight we arrived at Milan Airport (picture) to find out that Aitalia Airlines (our connecting flight to Sicily, was on strike!! It was 5:00 AM and the airport was literally asleep. When we went through customs we woke up the person at the counter! He didn't even look at our passports as I handed him Bob's ! We finally found someone who spoke English and she told us our flight would take off late but we would be going to Sicily! We finally arrived in Sicily and then had to wait over an hour for our luggage because of the strike! Then our vacation began!

Rebecca did a magnificent job planning our site seeing. We spent the next 5 days eating and drinking our way through Sicily. We saw our first active volcano . Etna was active and it was a site to behold ! We visited Catania, Caltagirone, Agriturismo, Agrigento, Taormina, and Siracusa. We had some of the best pasta known to man. And I can't say enough about the ice cream, I had some every day we were there!

The drivers in Sicily are CRAZY to say the least. There are no speed limits at least none that are obeyed , and Nick and Becca drive almost as crazy as the Sicilians ! We always road in the back seat !

We have to thank our children for a beautiful vacation that we will treasure forever.