Oh my goodness . . . where to even begin?! This week has been so crazy and so much fun! My mom and my wonderful friend, Lauren came to visit us here in Catania! We picked them up from the airport on Sunday morning and from there, the adventures began! Their hotel was right down the street from our apartment so meeting up every day was super easy! These girls weren't just here to see Catania . . . these girls wanted to travel and see it all! Unfortunately for them, however, I was a little sickie for most of the week! They were super sweet to me and threw me daily pity parties - what are moms and friends for?! We traveled to Taormina to shop and see the Greek amphitheatre (which was incredible), we traveled to Palermo (and now know we never need to go back), we traveled to Trapani (a very beautiful and clean city where we stayed in a super shady hotel), we traveled to Marsala to taste Pellegrino wine and visit the salt pans, and we traveled back to Taormina to shop some more and taste canolis! Whew . . . what a fun time! Lots of time in the car, lots of cappucinos, lots of walking, lots of good italian food, and LOTS of delicious wine! I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful mom and friend . . . Sicily is a heck of a long way to travel, people!! Thanks you two for being so great! Can't wait for our next visitors to come! Here are some pictures from our adventures!
Jordan and me in front of the sea in Aci Trezza. The waves were super big . . . there was a 'hurricane' as the Italians called it the day before! Legend has it that Cyclops threw these 3 rocks at Odysseus in The Odyssey
Me and my bestie standing in front of the Ionian Sea in Taormina, Sicily! The water is ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! Can't wait to come here in the summertime!
Lauren & Sands standing in the Greek amphitheatre in Taormina! This is where they used to have gladiator fights, plays, and 'fake' naval battles complete with water! Look at that view!
Me and my hubby standing under one of the arches in what used to be the backstage area of the Greek amphitheatre in Taormina
Tasting wine in the Pellegrino winery in Marsala, Sicily! Our tour guide/tasting host spoke a little bit of English and she was full of information! The wine was different than anything we'd ever tasted before! We even got a backstage preview of the wine aging in the barrels!
Jordan loving the salt pans in Marsala! :) These really were so cool! They funnel sea water into small, shallow troughs and wait for the dry breezes and scorching sun to evaporate the water and leave the sea salt! I wish we could've seen them shoveling salt!
Me and my love sitting in front of the ancient Greek temple in Segesta, Sicily! This temple was built sometime in the late 5th Century BC. It was quite an unbelievable sight!
The restaurant where we took mom & Lauren! It's just around the corner from our apartment and the inside is filled with walls of wine and liquor bottles! The shelves behind Lauren and Jordan in this picture are just a small taste of what the rest of the restaurant looks like! There was also a small jazz band playing during our dinner! Can't wait to go back!
Well, that's all for now! Game recap coming soon!
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