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a hike up Mt Etna, our local volcano

This past weekend was Elliott’s last time to adventure around Sicily with his sister before she and Sarah leave on Friday.  To make the most of our time together, we went to a beautiful beach in a nature preserve on Saturday and then headed to the slopes of Mt Etna on Sunday.

Do you remember our super eventful, super long hike up Mt Etna last summer?  The volcano erupted right as we reached the highest observation point!  This was also after we’d been showered with huge chunks of volcanic ash right before we our hike.  But today Etna had only lovely vistas for us today… no hot lava or flying ash.  Sorry, Jess and Sarah!

We drove up to the southern station on Mt Etna and then parked just beyond all the restaurants and souvenir shops.  An unassuming trail veered off to the right from the tiny parking lot, and we followed it for about an hour up undulating trails of soft volcanic ash.  After about an hour we reached the edge of a massive lava flow, which is pictured above.  Doesn’t it look like Mordor?

Jess and Lena went to explore a nearby atmospheric research station.  Then Sarah helped Jess get rid of a worrisome blemish on her shoulder.   

Jess and Sarah headed up the volcano a little farther to see a plaque Jess had read about in the guidebook.  Along the way they came across a flock of goats grazing on the hillside.  Sarah took a stunning photo of them.

We stayed behind to smell the flowers.

Although this hike was a little less eventful than our hike last August, I think we’re more likely to choose this route again.  We’ll take you if you come and visit!

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a hike up Mt Etna, our local volcano

This past weekend was Elliott’s last time to adventure around Sicily with his sister before she and Sarah leave on Friday.  To make the most of our time together, we went to a beautiful beach in a nature preserve on Saturday and then headed to the slopes of Mt Etna on Sunday.

Do you remember our super eventful, super long hike up Mt Etna last summer?  The volcano erupted right as we reached the highest observation point!  This was also after we’d been showered with huge chunks of volcanic ash right before we our hike.  But today Etna had only lovely vistas for us today… no hot lava or flying ash.  Sorry, Jess and Sarah!

We drove up to the southern station on Mt Etna and then parked just beyond all the restaurants and souvenir shops.  An unassuming trail veered off to the right from the tiny parking lot, and we followed it for about an hour up undulating trails of soft volcanic ash.  After about an hour we reached the edge of a massive lava flow, which is pictured above.  Doesn’t it look like Mordor?

Jess and Lena went to explore a nearby atmospheric research station.  Then Sarah helped Jess get rid of a worrisome blemish on her shoulder.   

Jess and Sarah headed up the volcano a little farther to see a plaque Jess had read about in the guidebook.  Along the way they came across a flock of goats grazing on the hillside.  Sarah took a stunning photo of them.

We stayed behind to smell the flowers.

Although this hike was a little less eventful than our hike last August, I think we’re more likely to choose this route again.  We’ll take you if you come and visit!

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life lately

We have been so busy and have been having so much fun around here with Elliott’s sister Jess.  She is with us until the end of the week, and we are packing each day full of adventures around Sicily.  Her dear friend Sarah joined us last week to stay for the final week and a half of Jess’s trip, and those two girls have been great friends to me as well as such a big help around the house.  I don’t want them to leave!

I have some photos to share of our adventures, and you can also check Jess’s blog and Sarah’s blog for fabulous and funny updates, too.  In the meantime, here are a few recent iPhone photos from around here.

the last of the spring strawberries with ice cream and a generous dollop of Nutella
& summertime means breaking out the espadrilles!

Jess knocked a stick off butter of the counter after it had been unrefrigerated for a couple hours and it went splat… proof that our un-air conditioned house is just too hot these days
& morning snuggle photo for Daddy when he was in Ghana for work last week

Lena was so excited to board the cable car in Taormina and then said, “Wooow!  Woooow!” all the way up the mountain
& Jess and her dear old friend Sarah at the medieval festival in our town (more about that soon!)
 favorite stop in Taormina: Bam Bar for delicious granite, the Italian version of sorbet,
where Lena and I their enjoyed raspberry and lemon flavors
Lena wakes up at 7am and I am just too tired to do much before 7:30, 
so we lie in bed to read books or snuggle.  It’s a precious time.
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life lately

We have been so busy and have been having so much fun around here with Elliott’s sister Jess.  She is with us until the end of the week, and we are packing each day full of adventures around Sicily.  Her dear friend Sarah joined us last week to stay for the final week and a half of Jess’s trip, and those two girls have been great friends to me as well as such a big help around the house.  I don’t want them to leave!

I have some photos to share of our adventures, and you can also check Jess’s blog and Sarah’s blog for fabulous and funny updates, too.  In the meantime, here are a few recent iPhone photos from around here.

the last of the spring strawberries with ice cream and a generous dollop of Nutella
& summertime means breaking out the espadrilles!

Jess knocked a stick off butter of the counter after it had been unrefrigerated for a couple hours and it went splat… proof that our un-air conditioned house is just too hot these days
& morning snuggle photo for Daddy when he was in Ghana for work last week

Lena was so excited to board the cable car in Taormina and then said, “Wooow!  Woooow!” all the way up the mountain
& Jess and her dear old friend Sarah at the medieval festival in our town (more about that soon!)
 favorite stop in Taormina: Bam Bar for delicious granite, the Italian version of sorbet,
where Lena and I their enjoyed raspberry and lemon flavors
Lena wakes up at 7am and I am just too tired to do much before 7:30, 
so we lie in bed to read books or snuggle.  It’s a precious time.
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