Our boat as we found it at 6 a.m.
First Class "Club Seats" upstairs
General seating
Gift shop on left.
Gift Shop
Bobby sitting like a big boy!
Bill and Shirl' on the boat to Sicily
Sunrise on cruise to Sicily
Looking back toward Malta
Snack bar on ferry to Sicily.
Seating with a view!
Arriving at Sicily!
Pozzallo
Our double-decker ride!
Seaside View
Cool Fish Fountain
Southern Sicilian Seaside
Neat old fountain
Old playground in Sicily
Cafe
Driving along the sea
View from one of Europe's highest bridges!
Modica has a rich history: learn more at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modica
Dad, trying on a Sicilian cap! Looks good!
Silly String on the cars! It's Mardis Gras time.
Neat little nooks at Modica.
The Castle of the Counts of Modica!
Another quaint little stairwell.
Not the one we sampled, but enjoyed the Italian signs!
Downtown Modica
Bill and Shirley in Modica
DeDe just liked the doors, but Shirley insisted on having people in the photo!
City of Chocolate...so they say!
St. Peter's Basilica at Modica
The impressive hillside streets of Modica.
Modica
Inside St. Peter's
Door to St. Peters...should have had a human, to show you how large it was!
Cool tunnel in Modica... for better photo, we should have moved that broom!
Shirley in a garden alley at Modica.
Hmmm...
Just love these little walkways...such intrigue!
A bookshop in Modica.
Interesting entryway in Modica.
Italian street sign in Modica, Sicily.
Love the villa on top of the hill...zoom in!
Can't resist capturing these pictures. Sorry!
Cool villa on bluffside in Modica.
The Iblean Mountains of Sicily
Farm in Sicily
Vineyard
Surprised by Corn!
Vineyards everywhere you look!
Many more vineyards.
Typical cottage in Sicily
Orange grove.
The suburbs of Catania, Sicily!
Suburb of Catania.
Seaside near Catania
The flirtation between Bobby and Birgu of Turkey
Notice the dark lava rock along the highway--lower left.
Much lava and we're still MILES from Mt. Etna!
Beginning the uphill climb of Etna.
Souvenier stand on Mt. Etna road.
View on Mt. Etna road.
That's some lava rock!
Nearing Mount Etna...new hotel being built in the middle of the lava field.
Ski Resort at Mt. Etna!
Like the Italian sign.
Mt. Etna
Looking downhill from ski resort at Mt. Etna.
Big boy all strapped in on the bus!
Driving Down Mt. Etna Road
For sale by owner! Ha!
The old and the new homes on Etna.
View from Mt. Etna
Saying goodbye to Etna! Thanks for being so cool! Teehee.
Impressive view out the back of the bus!
Notice all the lava rock in the foreground?
Bobby and Grandpa playing on the bus.
Goodnight, Sicily!
