Acquarocca degli Zappini – a trek into the clouds
… where the clouds – at just the right moment – clear. Etna, you never fail to amaze. You can also … Continue reading
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Cantinas and craters
Image: Feudo Vagliasindi “I’m Paolo, by the way,” says the angular man in the trendy, thick-framed glasses standing in front of me. “Like my father, and his father and – oh, pretty much all of the men in my family.” … Continue reading
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Tagged etna, feudo vagliasindi, randazzo, sicily
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This week in pictures
I’m back in the land of the living. Yay! And here are pictures of some of the things that I’ve been up to in the past week: hiking on snowy Etna; sightseeing in Savoca; visiting the oldest tree in Europe. … Continue reading
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Tagged castagno dei cento cavalli, etna, Savoca, sicily, The Godfather
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Etna eruption, 16/17 November 2013
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
Thrills, chills and spills
“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
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Tagged canalone montagnola, etna, schiena dell'asino, valle del bove
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Are you tired yet?
“They’re totally synchronised; look!” comes a laughing stage-whisper from behind us. I turn my head and poke my tongue out at Donato and Roberta, who are trying to distract us as we power-walk down the mountain. Davide grins but keeps … Continue reading
Views from a train
The Ferrovia Circumetnea train pulls into the station at Catania Borgo and a surprising number of people spill out, given that it’s only 9.30 in the morning and, depending on where they’ve come from, they could have travelled anything up … Continue reading
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Tagged etna, ferrovia circumetnea, sicily, train
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From a Distance
I live 40km from an active volcano. At the moment, as you’ve probably seen in the news, Etna’s being particularly lively, spewing out pieces of volcanic rock measuring inches across, as well as clouds of ash that have reached as … Continue reading
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Tagged catania, etna, flood, nubifragio, sicilia, sicily, volcano, vulcano
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