November 11 Taormina

20171111 095949  An excursion uphill IMG 4021  hillside development of many stories IMG 4022 IMG 4023  domestic detail
IMG 4024  trompe d'oeil: stones not plant tissue IMG 4025  selfie from near the top IMG 4026  Taormina below us IMG 4027  chapel in the rock
IMG 4028  the real thing IMG 4029  a village yet higher: Castelmola IMG 4032  looking across to Naxos IMG 4035  locked gate from the inside!
IMG 4036  Taormina with ancient theater in the center IMG 4037  east coast of Sicily IMG 4038  battlements IMG 4039  ruins
20171111 103627  CP and upper gate 20171111 103756  how we deal with locked gates 20171111 103757  not everyone can do this IMG 4040  Taormina
IMG 4041  chapel on the rock IMG 4042  built into the rock 20171111 104412  who is the god? IMG 4043  looking out
IMG 4044  and down 20171111 104734  off we go 20171111 105529  profile 1 20171111 105530  profile 2
20171111 110312  back in town IMG 4045  what's wrong with this picture? IMG 4046  we were up there IMG 4047  piazza and duomo
20171111 110824  almost Byzantine IMG 4049  into a restored palace IMG 4050  converted to a museum 20171111 112242
20171111 112441 20171111 112510  Greek 20171111 112542  nice space 20171111 112623  off we go from the museum
IMG 4052  past Norman-like structures IMG 4053  down to the bakery that makes arancini IMG 4054  fried balls of risotto stuffed with various things: pistachios, ham, etc. IMG 4055  and our local salld
IMG 4056  a great lunch! 20171111 135421  lots of ceramics for sale, Africa is not far IMG 4058  arches of an old aqueduct IMG 4059  stuff for sale
IMG 4060  foliage IMG 4061 20171111 142443  entrance to the Greek Theater 20171111 143449  Etna brooding in its clouds
20171111 143710  what remains of the stage 20171111 143717 IMG 4062  looking south along the coast IMG 4063  Taormina and Etna
IMG 4067  the stage from the seats IMG 4068  guided tour IMG 4077 20171111 145241  along the back of the theater
20171111 145348  beneath the ancient world is brick work. IMG 4078  Etna and bricks IMG 4082  and again Etna IMG 4083  ruins
IMG 4085  amphitheater seats IMG 4087  stage from the side 20171111 151650  Etna... IMG 4079  off shore island nature reserve
IMG 4080  Taormina from the Public Gardens IMG 4088  a "folly" constructed by wealthy Scottish exile to Sicily IMG 4089  fountain with fish IMG 4090
IMG 4091  Promenade in the garden IMG 4093  bougainvilla IMG 4094  a massive folly IMG 4095
IMG 4096 20171111 163538  we walked down to the sea 20171111 170857  then back up again, returning to magnets