November 19th – 23rd It rained overnight with some drizzle this morning. After a really nice breakfast with lots of choices, it is time to leave Hotel Michaela… Today we are on our way to Cannes, why Cannes …well, our return to Canada is a bit convoluted as both our flight to Paris from Nice…Continue Reading “Marina di Massi to Cannes ……and slowly but surely home”

November 17th Another beautiful morning and it is our last morning in Sicily…we had discussed for some time whether to return to Nice (car drop-off) by car or otherwise. In the end, we opted for a ferry from Palermo to Livorno …Grimaldi Lines runs this service and the Tripadvisor reviews were, in a word, GRIM….Continue Reading “Cefalu to Marina di Massa…..departing Sicily for the Italian mainland”

November 10th to 17th A lovely morning with a temperature of 17C as we leave Agrigento heading for Cefalu, which is about a 2 1/2 hour drive. With very little traffic it is an easy drive, the interior reminds us somewhat of the interior of B.C. hilly and rather barren. It gets quite pretty near…Continue Reading “Agrigento to Cefalu….our final stop in Sicily”

November 8th to 10th Time to move on as we are heading to Agrigento about 220 km or 3 1/2 hours west of Syracusa. Easy departure from the city and we are traveling on a mix of autostrada and secondary roads. It is another beautiful day and we enjoy a rather carefree drive with very…Continue Reading “Agrigento….Valle dei Templi (Valley of the Temples)”

November 5th – 8th The morning is clear and sunny albeit cooler after the rain of last night. Today we are de-camping from Taormina and heading to Syracuse-Ortigia, a 120km drive south. We are taking the quick route as we have been able to get into our AIRBNB early. We have a view of Mt….Continue Reading “Taormina to Siracusa (Ortigia)…..a Baroque extravaganza”

October 27th  On the road again on another sunny day and we are driving to Matera some 225 kilometers from Otranto. We had originally planned to overnight here but decided to stay an extra day after we had read some travel blogs about this town. On the way, Geeps was up to her old tricks…Continue Reading “Otranto to Matera….an incredible riches to rags to riches story”