__Alitalia flight: view of Bray

__Alitalia flight: Alps: the Mont Blanc

__TAORMINA, 1st day: Piazza IX Aprile, Southeast view

__Piazza IX Aprile, Southwest view

__Largo La Farina, Monte Tauro, San Giuseppe

__Pasticceria (sweets shop) in Corso Umberto

__Pasticceria in Via di Giovanni

__Greek Theatre: cavea, panoramic view

__Greek Theatre: cavea, centre

__Greek Theatre: cavea, stage & columns

__Greek Theatre: from the top, view North towards Spisone

__Greek Theatre: from the top, view North towards Mazzarò

__Greek Theatre: from the top, view of Mazzarò

__Greek Theatre: from the top, view of Capo Sant'Andrea

__Greek Theatre: view of Taormina

__Greek Theatre: marble columns

__Piazza Vittorio Emanuele: Palazzo Corvaja

__TAORMINA, 2nd day: funicular

__Palazzo Corvaja: Betty in the courtyard

__Via di Giovanni: Betty

__Villa Comunale: Betty-1

__Villa Comunale: Betty-2

__Villa Comunale: view of Giardini-Naxos

__Villa Comunale: Betty-3

__Villa Comunale: Betty-4

__Villa Comunale: flowers

__Piazza IX Aprile: panoramic view

__Piazza IX Aprile: Campanile di San Giuseppe e Castello

__Piazza IX Aprile: old cars meeting in honour of D'Annunzio

__SANTA TERESA DI RIVA: Betty in the beach-1

__Betty in the beach-2

__From the beach, view of Forza d'Agrò

__MAZZARO: Mazzarò Bay from Capo Sant'Andrea

__SANTA TERESA: Pizza "ai frutti di mare" (with seafood)

__PIAZZA ARMERINA: Baroque Cathedral

__VILLA DEL CASALE: General view

__Frigidarium

__Polygonal courtyard - Claudio

__Palestra: trumpet announces the winner

__Palestra: quadriga veneta

__Vestibule of the "domina" (house's principal lady)

__Small hunt: wounded boar

__Small hunt: dead boar and sacrifice to Diana

__Cupids fishing

__Ionic capital

__Large hunt: rhinoceros in the Nile

__Large hunt: leopard killing antelope

__Athletes in bikini: winner is crowned

__Ulysses and Polyphemus

__Erotic scene

__General view of the triclinium

__GORGE OF THE ALCANTARA: view from the entrance

__Water mirror

__View from the water

__Detail of crystals

__ETNA, 1st day: View from Trecastagni

__From the funicular: lichens

__Funicular: machines

__Alt. 3000 mt., view North: large and small craters

__1st sulphur crater - visitors

__1st sulphur crater - Betty

__2nd sulphur crater - red rocks

__2nd sulphur crater - sulphur peak

__2nd sulphur crater - sulphur rim

__View North: centre and Southeast craters

__View North: new Southeast craters

__ETNA, 2nd day: Strada Mareneve ("sea-snow road") - woods & old lava flows

__Strada Mareneve ("sea-snow road") - more woods with old lava flows

__View from Trecastagni immediately after hailstorm

__New eruption from Acireale at sunset

__New eruption from Acireale: detail

__New eruptions from Giarre after sunset

__New eruptions - photos by volcanologists (downloaded)

__CASALVECCHIO: general panoramic view

__View of Sàvoca

__View of the town

__SAVOCA: a view with Betty

__View of Casalvecchio

__San Michele church: gothic portal

__SIRACUSA : medieval Palazzo Bonanno - courtyard

__Via del Consiglio Regionale

__Baroque Cathedral (Duomo)

__Duomo: Doric columns of the Minerva temple (5th C. BC)

__Lungomare(seafront) Alfeo: view North with Largo Aretusa

__Largo Aretusa: lungomare - view North

__Largo Aretusa: lungomare - Betty

__Fontana di Aretusa

__Piazza Archimede: pasticceria - Claudio in the mirror with Panama hat

__Piazza Archimede: pasticceria - marzipan in fruit shapes

__Archaeological park: general view

__Orecchio di Dionisio (ear of Dionysius): general view

__Orecchio di Dionisio (ear of Dionysius): entrance, Betty

__Orecchio di Dionisio (ear of Dionysius): entrance, roof

__Greek Theatre

__Panorama of Messina & Calabria from
                                             Mt. Antennammare (alt. 1200 MT)

__Mt. Antennammare: port of Messina and Villa San Giovanni in Calabria

__FORZA D'AGRO: from mountain road: Sant'Alessio e Santa Teresa di Riva

__same from the entrance to the town (alt. 420 Mt.)

__Arco durazzesco: stairs

__Arco durazzesco: Betty

__Arco durazzesco: detail and church

__Triad courtyard: view of the town with Norman castle

__Triad courtyard: Norman castle

__Town: typical street - original camera shot

__Town: typical street: thorough digital retouching

__GIARDINI-NAXOS: from the port lights of seafront and Taormina above

__Gelateria (ice-cream shop)

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