Jen and Dave: Adventuring

Today’s stop was an anchorage near Taormina, Sicily – a small place called Naxos.

Today’s activity was a bus trip most of the way up Mt. Etna, an active but “gentle” volcano. En route we saw the remains of flows, birch trees, an endemic species of broom, and even a fox!

Our destination was Silvestri Crater, where we did a cold, windy narrated walk around the inactive rim. It snowed, and the group quickly thinned to the coffee and gift shop.

After the crater walk Dave climbed the loose pumice to a lookout point (with Dad going partway), despite the snow getting heavier in the biting winds.

Returning to Naxos, we found a pizzeria and tried out wood-fired Sicilian pizza and local wine that came in a half-litre jug.

Prior to boarding out tender and saying farewell to this piece of coastline we walked to the beach and touched the sea.