taco night and Spring day at the beach in Aci Trezza

Karina heating tacos on the fire

bbq pork, chicken, steak, home made beans, and every side you want for tacos :)

our buddies love each other

one of the effects on our new camera

me and Liz

a day at the beach in Aci Trezza

Golfing on Mt. Etna

Saturday Gene and I decided to go golfing. We enjoyed a nice sunny day on Mt. Etna!!

great day on the golf course

Spring is here! 

oh golfing on Mt. Etna

April 3, 2013 Mt. Etna erupts again!

Mt. Etna has been very active! This time she erupted while I was at work so I got to watch it erupt during the day. There was so much ash clouds that the town of Zafferana on Mt. Etna (where we go to Ottobrata) declared a state of emergency. Let's hope these eruptions stay small!

view from work

our drive home

ash clouds above our apartment

a walk at the beach...

Today we woke up and decided to take a walk since it was warm and sunny. We walked on the boardwalk in Aci Trezza and kept going to the next town, Aci Castello. Aci Castello has a castle on a large cliff over the water which we see every day, but had never gone inside. Once we got inside the castle we realized what an amazing view it had. We stopped at a cafe next to the castle for a coffee and enjoyed the view. Sometimes we forget what a beautiful place we really live in. It is pretty amazing to be able to have a coffee while staring at a castle.

This is the view of Aci Castello from our town...a small castle on a cliff

Aci Trezza

Aci Trezza is known for 'Isole Ciclope' where sets of large rocks sit out in the water. They are from the Greek myth of Homer's Odyssey, where the Cyclops Polyphemus threw them at Ulysses.

a zoomed in view of Aci Castello

getting closer...

what is left of the castle

going up to the castle

looking at Aci Trezza

A view from the castle of Aci Trezza and Isole Ciclope

the beautiful waters of the Mediterranean 

This is what the castle used to look like

                 

Gene admiring the view

standing on top

this is the town square in Aci Castello

a little windy up there...

Sicily's famous prickly pear cactus