54 Days on the Moon

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I wonder if any money laundering goes on here.










The orange plastic is surrounding a large area of the garden being renovated.

 

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A beautiful area in the city.









Then walked across the road to a small garden. Seems the villa is missing.

 

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Across another small street and an entrance to another villa. Gardens large but a bit overgrown.

 

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Then I walked the back streets heading in the general direction of the Cathedral. One thing you noticed was the parking. More often tnan not the cars were parked on corners and the pedestrian crossings.

Sometimes 3 deep.



Not surprisingly I noticed a few mirrors like this.

 

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It was here I witnessed an accident. I am sure it was a set up. This black car on the crossing was turning right from a one way street. She was signalling that she was turning right. A motorcycle tried to overtake on her right side and seemed to collide. The motorcyclist was obviously accusing the driver of not signalling and very soon had 2 others who seemed to be backing him up. As the only non Italian speaking witness and arguing against 3 young men I thought would be a little dangerous.

 

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Maybe I should have stopped here.







And I came across a market. A lot of street food as well as fruit,veggies and seafood.

 

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Looks like a redevelopement stalled after finding some ancient structure.

 

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I guess it didn't help that across the street was a police station.





And I came out at what I think is a major theatre. It did have a ticket office

 

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Across the road a fellow had a boom box and was making all the actions suggesting he was singing the song but with a face mask on.

 

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Nearly back at the ship.

People were streaming back on to the Costa ship.


And then up to the Pool Grill for lunch. My wine.

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I had a Reuben sandwich andMrsdrron a chicken Caesar salad.

 

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More scenes of Palermo after lunch and the late afternoon sail away from Palermo

 

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Back to Atlantide. First the day's menu.


The wines for the night.


For starters Mrsdrron had the beef tataki and I the artichoke timbale. We both enjoyed our starters.

I then had the crab and beer bisque.


For Mains Mrsdrron had the prawn dish from the regular menu and I had the Chilean sea bass. Both were excellent.



We again decided against desserts.

 

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The next day we were approaching Giardini Naxos. Couldn't help thinking of worms when saying the first name of the town.



















Absolutely stunning with Mt. Etna as a backdrop.

 

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And Taormina where my Brother in law spent 2 months every spring until 2022 supervising the excavations of the Roman and Greek ruins.








And from the tender ashore.

 

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I was off to Mt. Etna. so pictures now from the bus which was a little bit more stable than the tender.

 

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