Tuesday, August 19, 2008

The Beach


This picture really does NO justice to the experience I had last Sunday on the beach at Catania. However, I realized as I was leaving that I hadn't taken any pictures, so I turned around and snapped one.
The beach where I live in AciTrezza is made of volcanic rocks, so to enjoy the water you need a boat or a floatation device, or pay a few Euro and get a chair on the Lido (big deck on the water). A few miles down the coast there are more typical beaches. The Catania beach is amazing- to your left, Mt Etna feels like it is right on top of you, it takes up the whole sky. In front of you are sandy beaches and the Ionian Sea rolling in. To your right is a cabana with food, live music and very lively Italians.

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