As I begin this post two things in particular come to mind. The first is that Albania is amazingly geographically located and is a wonderful doorstep into so many different European countries, allowing one to experience vast cultural and geographical changes by only travelling short distances. The second thing that comes to mind is the fact that I think Italy has just about the best food on the planet...at least the best I have tried thus far.
On July 20th, Chris, Jozi and myself boarded an overnight ferry from Durres, Albania to Bari, Italy. From Bari we made about a 6 hour ride to the southern tip of Italy to what is known as Reggio de Calabria. From there we took the 1/2 hr ferry ride to Messina, Sicily, Italy. From Messina we traveled about another 1/2 hr to our first destination, Taormina. Our initial plan was to tour the island and over the course of our 2 day stay travel to some of the major Sicilian cities, but unfortunately Chris' bike had some unforseen problems so we spent our time in Taormina primarily, with some short travels to nearby cities for the purpose of trying to get his bike repaired. We had hoped to visit the Godfather in Palermo but obviously that didnt quite work out. On our last day there, after spending the morning finishing fixing the bike, we spent the afternoon and traveled to the nearby active volcano, Mt. Etna. It was a beatiful ride and by far was one of the highlights of our time in Sicily. Mt Etna is one of the worlds most active volcanoes. Its last sizeable eruption was in 2002! After visiting Mt. Etna we returned to the hotel and prepared for an early morning departure for mainland Italy so we could catch the ferry back to Albania.
So here are some of the pictures from our journey. Enjoy!
On July 20th, Chris, Jozi and myself boarded an overnight ferry from Durres, Albania to Bari, Italy. From Bari we made about a 6 hour ride to the southern tip of Italy to what is known as Reggio de Calabria. From there we took the 1/2 hr ferry ride to Messina, Sicily, Italy. From Messina we traveled about another 1/2 hr to our first destination, Taormina. Our initial plan was to tour the island and over the course of our 2 day stay travel to some of the major Sicilian cities, but unfortunately Chris' bike had some unforseen problems so we spent our time in Taormina primarily, with some short travels to nearby cities for the purpose of trying to get his bike repaired. We had hoped to visit the Godfather in Palermo but obviously that didnt quite work out. On our last day there, after spending the morning finishing fixing the bike, we spent the afternoon and traveled to the nearby active volcano, Mt. Etna. It was a beatiful ride and by far was one of the highlights of our time in Sicily. Mt Etna is one of the worlds most active volcanoes. Its last sizeable eruption was in 2002! After visiting Mt. Etna we returned to the hotel and prepared for an early morning departure for mainland Italy so we could catch the ferry back to Albania.
So here are some of the pictures from our journey. Enjoy!
island of sicily
exit for sicily
preparing to take the ferry to sicily
ferry to sicily
just arrived in the city of taormina
taormina, sicily by night
beaches nearby taormina
nearby city of giardini naxos. the city up on the hillside is taormina
some passenger jozi picked up
mt. etna
sean, jozi, chris at mt. etna
mt. etna had brilliant colors and landscape
riding down from mt. etna
on the ferry back to mainland italy
ferry to the mainland. city of messina, sicily in background
a good laugh can always be had. the wind was quite strong that day.
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