TAORMINA

Of all the towns in Sicily we've been to so far, Taormina is my favorite. In fact, I've decided it's where we'll take our out-of-town visitors (whenever we get some!)

A large group of us went to Taormina, including Kari & Adam, Shana & Kyal (or Shanyal, their new blended name), Trish, Tamila & Irakli (Kari's friends from the Republic of Georgia) and Mahlon & Me!

Unfortunately, it was a very cold and rainy day. Normally we should have had a great view of the volcano, Mt Etna. It was beautiful, though, despite the weather.



There is a major shopping road in Taormina called "Corso Umberto". At the end of the road is the big Greek Amphitheater. Sadly, my camera died before we got there. Everyone else took pics though, and as soon as they get around to posting them I'll steal them and post them for you!

Here's the whole group of us at the archway to Corso Umberto.




















The first thing we did was eat lunch (of course!) Kari and I split a pizza:
















And we all shared this appetizer, grilled eggplant, zucchini and mushrooms with giant globs of cheese on top...now you're talking!















Some of the shops along Corso Umberto were pricey, but beautiful to look at:















Here are some of the traditional Sicilian puppets we see everywhere. You can still attend puppet shows too. I read an ad that said something like:

Fun for the whole family! Bring the kids out to a traditional Sicilian puppet show! Warning: Some scenes may be graphic!

What the heck?















Here's the piazza in the middle of the shopping road. It was on of the most beautiful ones I've seen. There's a beautiful spot overlooking the Ionian Sea. The boys were talking about how cool it would be to see someone fall over the side.



Some of the guys were arguing over whether or not they could see Italy from this point. Hahahaha...silly boys. I knew what they meant though.











We love Taormina. I can't wait to visit again (with more money on a prettier day!)