Bad Light stops play

The Lipari Islands remain unvisited due to pouring rain and cloud at the departure port of Melazzo. The price was steep beeing a taxi fare to and from there but I did manage to visit the bridge of the hydrofoil to ask the comandatore about the metereological prospects, via an interpreter of course. On the way back the later pointed out the hilltop village where 'Godfather 2' was shot.

This afternoon we visited the Greek amphitheatre on the cliffs of Taormina. It looks towards Mt Etna and seems to have perfect acoustics. In the summers the likes of Boccelli, Elton John and Diana Ross have performed there. This is one chic town with shops from all the world's capitals lining the main thoroughfare. Rumour has it that the place is safe due to the patronage of local underworld sorts who launder money in the big businesses. Be that true or not it is hard not to like the local people who are fond of your tourist money but couldn't be more agreeable.

We stay here for the next 4 days and then make our way to Palermo to take flight for a reportedly very frosty Ireland. Please feel free to comment via the button at the bottom of these posts.