IMG_2029 - A view of that "steeper trail" around the northern Silvestri crater. No wonder it felt like a good climb!
IMG_2030 - Back down across the lava fields.
IMG_2041 - This point was a half-hour drive down from Rifugio Sapienza and another half-hour to the bottom.
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IMG_2046 - Almost down to the coastal plane.
IMG_2050 - Back to Giardini Naxos.
IMG_2054 - As far back as the 1840's, many northern Europeans have had vacation homes in Giardini Naxos.
IMG_2055 - Our hotel street was being repaved. The whole area was sprucing up for the G7 conference.
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IMG_2057 - At supper across from our hotel, the little band included a friscaletto, a small bamboo flute with a lovely sound.
IMG_2058 - A pleasant, May Day beach walk. A week later we flew home to snow...
IMG_2059 - ... and our first sail was two months away.