Mooning around the Mediterranean

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Across the road a fellow had a boom box and was making all the actions suggesting he was singing the song but with a face mask on.

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Nearly back at the ship.

 

People were streaming back on to the Costa ship.

 

And then up to the Pool Grill for lunch. My wine.

 

I had a Reuben sandwich and Rojjan a chicken Caesar salad.

 

[Dolcevita Diva]

On 4/18/2023 at 4:04 PM, drron29 said:

It was just one finger not a whole hand.😀🤣

At least you weren't Mooning them. 😆

[Mr Luxury]

4 hours ago, drron29 said:

Nearly back at the ship.

 

People were streaming back on to the Costa ship.

 

And then up to the Pool Grill for lunch. My wine.

 

I had a Reuben sandwich and Rojjan a chicken Caesar salad.

 

Is Rojjan on a diet?

[drron29]

She wasn’t feeling well and now it’s obvious why. She has come down with a nasty cold and is on antibiotics.

[Mr Luxury]

2 hours ago, drron29 said:

She wasn’t feeling well and now it’s obvious why. She has come down with a nasty cold and is on antibiotics.

Oh dear,

Plenty of rest and fresh air.

Water  no alcohol 🙂

[drron29]

22 hours ago, scseas said:

Sorry if I missed this but did you not try SALT yet? I would be curious to see a menu from the Med and I would imagine the food would be delicious for this region.

Sorry I missed this post. I am sure I have posted 1 SALT menu before but there is another coming up soon.

We only occasionally go to SALT as we find the meals a bit disappointing eg the Bouillbaise in Marseille was a watery imitation of the real dish and the Greek lamb was nice but the accompanying potatoes a limone had no discernable lemon taste. And just like Christmas dinners the menu is not produced on board according to what is available but on instructions given from Head Office.

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More scenes of Palermo after lunch and the late afternoon sail away from Palermo.

 

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Back to Atlantide. First the day's menu.

 

The wines for the night.

 

For starters Rojaan had the beef tataki and I the artichoke timbale. We both enjoyed our starters.

 

I then had the crab and beer bisque.

 

For Mains Rojaan had the prawn dish from the regular menu and I had the Chilean sea bass. Both were excellent.

 

We again decided against desserts.

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The next day we were approaching Giardini Naxos. Couldn't help thinking of worms when saying the first name of the town.

 

Absolutely stunning with Mt. Etna as a backdrop.

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And Taormina where my Brother in law spent 2 months every spring until 2022 supervising the excavations of the Roman and Greek ruins.

 

And from the tender ashore.

 

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I was off to Mt. Etna. so pictures now from the bus which was a little bit more stable than the tender.

 

 

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Getting close to where we have to stop. Even up here there is graffiti.

 

A lava tube.

 

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It wasn't long ago this are was reopened and they hope to reopen a stopping point higher up later this year. There is a gondola up from this point but we didn't have time to do that.

 

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We stopped where there were restrooms and you could get refreshments. There were some interesting local products from the lower slopes of Etna.

 

 

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This was at the back of the restaurant/gift shop. These rocks were quite warm whereas elsewhere nearby they were not.

 

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We now went to walk around one ofthe minor craters from earlier eruptions. There were several slow people in the group so I figured I could walk to 2 of the craters even though one was up a steeper hill. I figured right. So the first crater which when I got up the hill turned out to be a group of craters.

 

At this crater there was a large group og German schoolkids. Things haven't changed since I was a nipper. They stood at the edge of the crater and counted Ein, Zwei, drei and on the count of 3 they all threw a rock into the crater..

 

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Back down and a whole line of busses.

 

And a van with more local products.

 

And ice beside the road.

 

Then off to the second crater.

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And that is our group.

 

Down in the crater which they did not go into I was able to see the reddish lava formed because of a high iron content.

 

So not only was I able to walk around the crater but go into the crater but had time to buy myself a mini calzone as I was peckish. They advertise that it was made with gluten free wheat. Needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Here is the place.

 

Not that great but kept the wolves from the door.

So now it is back down the mountain.

 

 

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As you can see we are going through the clouds now.