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