Well we could almost wave at you up the Ionian and across the Adriatic from where we are! I'm sitting on our little hotel terrace a thousand feet above and a couple of miles out of Taormina in Sicily. The summit of Etna is puffing threateningly away, about twelve miles from here, and facing our terrace. An amazing view on a good day. Actually, until today you've had to have got up early to see it as it's been shrouded in cloud or haze for most of daylight hours, until today. This is our third visit here in eight years and it's our little piece of paradise. It's been very hot and humid, but we came here just to chill as we've seen all the "sights" before. We go to the same restaurant every evening, a ten-minute hot slog up the road, just by the tiny church Madonna Della Rocca, carved out of the cliff. They remembered us from four years ago and treat us like royalty!

Viva the Med!