We planned to spend all of Sunday exploring Taormina and we knew that would tax or energy reserves, so we fueled ourselves with a healthy Italian breakfast.
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The cannoli is Mark's. I had a delicious almond cookie.
Maybe my cousin Joyce knows what it is called?
Notice the ash tray on the table. |
Our main destination was the ancient Greek amphitheater for which Taormina is famous, but on our way we stopped to appreciate some of the shops and medieval churches that lined the streets.
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| Mouse house - just one of the things I loved in the toy store! |
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| Inside the church where I prayed for world peace. |
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| Greek amphitheater built in the 3rd century B.C. (Phtographer: Mark VanLaeys) |
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| Tourists leaving the amphitheater after it started to rain. |
It rained a lot while we were in Italy, but it was off and on as the sun never gave up it's struggle to emerge from behind the clouds.
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We ate lunch across from this plaza where children rode bikes
and people gazed at the view beyond the wall. |
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| View beyond the plaza wall. |
We saw many of these opera posters and walked all over, asking directions, and finally locating the opera house. We planned to attend this program on Monday, the following night. I thought it would be thrilling to hear these famous arias sung in Italy, but alas, we would not make it due to some digestive issues I would have the next day. Only to be expected when eating an entirely different diet than usual for nine days!
