On Monday, June 19th, we met our local guide and took a walking tour of Taormina, ending at the Greek Theater, which, as Lonely Planet says, is “the most dramatically situated Greek theatre in the world,” with vistas of the Ionian Sea and Mt. Etna.
Five of us then crammed into a taxi (ten euros apiece) and rode up to the village of Castelmola, far above, where we had half an hour to wander around, look down to Taormina and the sea and drink the local specialty, almond wine. Then we rode down to the Church of the Madonna della Rocca, for more views and a visit to the church, which is built into the rock.
Back down, four of us went looking along the Corso Umberto for a light lunch, with a view. We found a place (I don’t remember its name) advertising both panini and a terrace, but when we went in, we discovered that the panini were only offered in the downstairs pizzeria, not in the ristorante, which had the terrace. Choosing the view over the panini, we were nonetheless pleased at the result, getting both good, light food and a wonderful vista.
Then Mary Joy and I took a walk in the gardens of the Villa Municipale.
That evening, the group gathered in a little square below the hotel, in front of the Pizzeria Villa Zuccaro (we had to ask some kids to move their play) for the official group photo. My camera was used, since it was the best on hand. Then we went into the pizzeria, for a pizza-making demonstration. This, of course, was the prelude to consumption of the product. We were overwhelmed by five different types of pizza: Margherita (tomato, basil, mozzarella), Diavolo (spicy sausage), Norma (eggplant, etc.), Quattro Formaggi (four cheeses) and one whose name I don’t remember, with veggies, peas, and hard-boiled egg. We were stuffed to overflowing, but the wonderful pizzas kept coming!
Mary Joy and I took a walk in the town, then went to bed.
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