Where did you spend your break?
Our transportation from Naples to Palermo.
The girls cheese it on command. Esther (left) made a big scene when she wouldn't give up her helmet at the end of the day.
See father, safety first.
One of the views we found on our Lipari scooter adventrue.
A casting by Croce Taravella.
Esther and Dayel practice their Volcano yoga on the Vulcano Volcano. It is pronounced Volcano
A silly Brit takes an unwanted swim just of a private island. The journal entry will explain more.
Taormina in the early morning light.
The fun Brits, Amy from out East, and Esther ponder their evening after an exhausting day laying in the sun.
Esther passes the time at the train station in Taormina just before our deeparture.
A Panorama of the Villa's park out my back door.
One of the endless pathways crossing the garden. In the last couple days thing have really begun to sprout.
These lilac bushes line two of the major paths. We are told that they will bloom while we are here.
More garden.
The Chapel in the Villa. The name Pieve actually means that there is a chapel on the location.
Our little dining room. The fresco on the back wall is a copy of one in St. Francis Bassilica.
Here is the herb room at the Aboca museum The fragrence was wonderful and everything was labeled.
The 'Sisters' pop out of the Adriatic sea near Sirolo
Sweat Saltwater.
A pleasant lunch on the beach. (L to R, Back to Front) Heidi, Laura, Maggie, and Brooke.
The little mountain town of Civetella Alfa Dena.
This small church crowded the road as we entered an Italian National park