Sicily was just as lovely as I had imagined. Our night train arrived without much problem and our guest house was perfect. Unfortunately, we did arrive during some kind of freak heat wave. It wasn't unbearable, but it was much warmer than it normally would have been. One of the cafe owners kept telling me that it was too hot, but would cool down the day I would be leaving.
It was still an amazing time. I had great food, we ate lots of granite, and I stood at the greek theatre overlooking the sea while having a view of Mt. Etna. I swam in the sea and enjoyed the city of Taormina at night.
The train ride back was a bit of a nightmare. All of the night trains were booked or had disappeared from the schedule. We took a train leaving at 1pm expecting to connect in Rome. We arrived in Rome almost 2 hours late, after the last train to Florence had left. We got special S1 authorization to have a train to Milan stop in Florence, but the train was packed with no seats anywhere and people smoking in the cars.
Still, Iàm back in Florence, and the temperature has dropped. It's suddenly much nicer.
3 comments:
You ate granite? Reminds of "We ate sand." "You ate what?" "We ate sand." If you don't know where that comes from, well, you have lost ALL of your culture!:)
Wow, standing up on a smoking train in the middle of the night? That doesn't sound like much fun. But at least you enjoyed Sicily and I know you were looking forward to going there.
Hey, in less than a month you'll be a big college graduate!:)
Love,
Mom
granite is the plural of granita...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granita
Ah, thank you, Wendy C! I thought Seth was eating rocks.:)
Tina
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