Sicily trip from Malta

I went a day trip to Sicily via the VirtuFerries Catamaran's which go between Malta and Sicily daily.

The trip was on a local bus tour which had 2 major stops:

- Taormina
- Mt. Etna

Once we arrived in Pozzallo where the Ferry drops us off, we jumped on a bus and headed through the country side to Taormina.



Toarmina is a hillside town north east or Catania and Mt. Etna. While I was there I checked out a greek theatre, Teatro Antico, built in B.C.







Then I checked more of the town, the views were amazing from every stand-point over looking the Mediterranean Sea.





It was Easter Sunday so alot of the shops were closed but I picked up some fake Dolce & Gabbana belts from a street seller.

After lunch we jumped back on the bus and headed up to Mt. Etna. The volcano is the biggest and most active volcano in Europe and it's last lava flow was in the 90's. On the way we saw lots of past houses wiped out from the recent lava flows.



We stopped at 2000m above sea level and to my amazement there was snow everywhere and very cold. Back at sea level it was a nice 20 degrees day but high up it cooled very quickly. The volcano is pretty awesome and apparently you can ski here when there is good snow.



Arrivederci!

Stompers Gallery

I made a Stompers album with pictures from the rugby games.