If you’d said to me at the beginning of the evening on Saturday 16 November that I’d be climbing up Etna at 3am the following morning, to watch her erupt close-up, I’d have said you were crazy. And yet … … Continue reading
A version of this post was originally published in November 2011, when I first arrived in Catania. Two years on and November (up until the beginning of this week) had been milder and less blustery. The cold is beginning to … Continue reading
“So there are three routes tomorrow: easy, medium and heroic. Which one does anyone want to do?” Curled up in front of the fire after eating an obscene amount of barbecued meat it’s easy to plump for heroic. The way … Continue reading
