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Ann, at the Water Trough in Trabia In this little piazza in Trabia, there is the community watering place, where...
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Trabia scene Along the road from the hotel, into the town of Trabia.
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Cefalu street scene Cefalu was our first walking tour, where we saw the Cathedral built by...
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Cefalu Cathedral Construction was taking place inside, so scaffolding impaired most photo taking.
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Inside Cefalu Cathedral
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One of the many step streets in Cefalu Ann enjoys exploring every nook and cranny.
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Another street scene in Cefalu
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Medieval wash house, Cefalu Where the town women, brought the clothes to be washed on the stones.
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Cefalu beach scene Lunch was here at a seafood restaurant.
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Norman Cathedral in Palermo Built in the 12th Century, contains the tombs of the 4 Norman Kings.
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Norman Cathedral, Palermo Helped by Photoshop.
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Our group entering the Norman Palace The Norman Palace in Palermo, contains the Palatine Chapel with its Byzantine...
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Palatine chapel In the Norman Palace, in Palermo.
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Puppet workshop in Palermo On Via Bara all'Olivela in Palermo, is the group preserving the puppet...
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Puppet Theater Across from the workshop is the theater.
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Inside the Puppet Theater
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Marketplace in Palermo Sunday, a tour of Palermo. We are dropped off at The Verdi Opera House...
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Palermo facades Along Via del Bosco? I remember this street taking us to the marketplace, but...
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The 4 Corners, Palermo
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Norman Cathedral, Monreale houses several royal tombs. King William II "The Good" rests in the...
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Pantocratore Norman Cathedral in Monreale.
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Some Monreale artisans After visiting Monreale, lunch was at a beach-side restaurant in Mondello.
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Mondello, Sicily beach scene After visiting Monreale and the Norman Cathedral built by William II,...
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Another Mondello beach scene.
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Villa Romana del Casales One of the bathing rooms. On the way to The Valley of The Temples at...
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Apollo, in Villa Romano del Casales Roman villa of some 40 rooms, partially excavated and restored.
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Floor mosaic
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Boar hunting scene
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Temple of Concordia, Agrigento An overnight stop for us, on the way to Taormina from our week in Trabia....
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Temple of Concordia I cam-corded the afternoon spent here, but only took a very few still photos,...
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Temple of Hercules
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Temple of Hercules, Agrigento
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Temple of Hera
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Hotel Excelsior
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Views of Greco-Roman Taormina. In the first chapel along Corso Umberto, there is this replica of what...
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Looking down toward Naxos. Naxos, was the first Greek settlement in Sicily, though very little...
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Piazza, along Corso Umberto. Replica of Mt. Etna is here in this piazza. The public library, formerly a...
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View from the piazza. Across from San Giuseppe church.
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San Giuseppe Church Along The Corso Umberto, past the second arch, at the piazza.
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Step street in Taormina. Taormina is stepped streets, leading up or down from the Corso Umberto.
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View from Room 107, Hotel Exelsior.
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Another view from hotel room window.
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Moor's Fortress, atop Mt. Taurus. Post card views from our Room 107 at the Excelsior Hotel.
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A relaxing morning in the hotel library.
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Interesting find. I, always the bookworm, could not resist exploring the bookcase....
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View of Mt. Etna, from hotel grounds. Snow is halfway down the slopes.
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View of Mt. Etna From the hotel grounds, in Taormina.
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Mt. Etna fogged in. On the day we visited, could only go to the 6000 foot area, as snowed...
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Hot rocks from Mt. Etna The lava flow stopped short of the road we were on. Photo-op time was...
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Some color in the stepped streets.
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Taormina street scene. In our walks up and down the step streets, you come upon scenes right out of...
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Just after the first arch is this scene.
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Madonna and Child Along the Corso Umberto, under the second of three arches.
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Sicilian Art Museum, Taormina
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Near The Roman Odeon. In our meanderings up the step streets, we came upon another part of town,...
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Mt. Etna, along the Corso Umberto
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Mt. Etna, along Corso Umberto.
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