Italy

Our ship next stopped in Catania, Sicily.  Our first decision was to hire a taxi to drive us from zero elevation to three-thousand feet and the top of Mount Etna.  We drove passed lemon groves and alongside beautiful cliffs of black basaltic rock to arrive at the peak of the highest active volcano in Europe.  …

After a day in Capri, we continued our stay in laid-back Sorrento.  We explored the charming city, which is always so warm and inviting. Some of the best wines in the world can be found here for remarkably cheap prices and the olives come straight from the trees and will be the best you’ve ever tasted …

          Through the bay on the southern edge of Naples there lies an “Island of Dreams”. From Firenze (Florence), we made our way down to the seaside town of Sorrento. From there, we chartered a small boat from Marina di Puolo to take us across the Gulf of Naples into the Tyrrhenian Sea and around the …