Today, we went on a guided tour of Messina and Taormina, Italy. These are both hill towns, built around ancient ruins. Our tour guide had a heavy accent, so we had to strain to hear her as she barked instructions. She had a much different accent than the other Italian guides that we’ve had. Ten minutes into the walking tour, she had already lost the last half of our group. She was marching like a drill sergent (and we paid money for this???) They finally caught up with us, and we all swore that we weren’t going to let her out of our sight. We didn’t want to be left behind! I have to admit, we have had our share of inconsiderate fellow travelers. Some people don’t think a thing about not showing up by the deadline.
Taormina once had a thriving Greek Theatre. The remnants still stand, and they still hold some events there, overlooking the sea. This town lies at the base of Mt. Etna, a once active volcano. Due to the cloud cover, we did not catch a glimpse of the mountain.
We had some extra time before we met our group, so we found a wonderful sidewalk café to do some people watching. Of course - you can’t sit down, and not order anything - so we ordered the Coca Cola Light - the Euro version of Diet Coke. Thank goodness they have improved the taste since we were there in 2001. We had a great venue for spotting some of our traveling companions that are on the “favorite” list!
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