15 February 2026 – Sunday – To Paris
Pickup from our hotel was at 3:40 to arrive at Malta international airport around 3:50. We checked our bags, went through security and then as it seems to be typical in small airports, we sat in a crowded common area to wait for the gate assignment slated to be posted at 5:20. As I sat…
14 February 2026 – Saturday – Temple Tours
Our day started with time for breakfast. We walked to our meeting point as the locals were walking into town for Carnival. The children were all in costume and adorable. We were glad to leave before the loud festivities began. The streets were filled with floats that would be drawn around town with very loud…
13 February 2026 – Friday – To Gozo
We grabbed a very quick early breakfast to be able to walk to the edge of the city just outside the walls to join our pickup for our trip. After 1 1/4 hours of stops at many pickup spots, we finally reached the other end of Malta island the ferry to Gozo. It was an…
12 February 2026 – Thursday – To Malta
It looks like it will be raining everywhere we go for the rest of the trip. At least it’s not snow! We arrived at the airport at 6:30 for our 8:50 flight. I was able to find a lounge right near our gate that was open and allowed me to bring a guest. Patricia and…
11 February 2026 – Wednesday – Mount Etna
First I admit I wasn’t spelling it correctly. No AE in Etna. We left this morning in 4 jeeps to reach a hiking trail a mile up from sea level. We were told that weather is never predictable. So we all brought lots of extra warm clothes…in case. It looked cloudy and we were headed…
10 February 2026 – Tuesday – Taormina
Patricia and I began the day very early by visiting the big fish market near the Duomo. They were just beginning to get set up. It was fun to watch one man filet a fish for an old lady who was a very early customer. After breakfast we began walking with our group through a…
09 February 2026 – Monday – WW II Museum
What an eye opening tour we had this morning in the WW2 museum. There is a complex of museums in an area that was an old sulfur factory. The area was taken over after the sulfur mining business stopped because the USA figured out how to make sulfur chemically. The experience brought us first into…
08 February 2026 – Sunday – Onward to Catania via Siracusa
We left Ragusa heading for Siracusa. We drove through beautiful green fields filled with lemon trees and olive trees. We reached the parking lot on the edge of town. Archimedes lived in Siracusa. His statue greeted us as we entered town. We met our local guide who explained that Siracusa was a major point of…
07 February 2026 – Saturday – Visit to Biodynamic Farm
We left the hotel traveling through green fields partitioned by beautiful low stone walls. The walls show what was the outline of each rented property in the past. Today despite plenty of stone material, wall building is very expensive because the two sides lean towards each other held together by a shaped stone cap and…
06 February 2026 – Friday – Ragusa Ibla
This morning we started with a walking tour of Ragusa Ibla. Since the town is on a steep hillside, there are lots of steps. We walked down quite a distance to reach the dividing square between Ibla and upper Ragusa. I thought the return trip would be tough but we just walked up a few…
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