Italy: Sicily

So from Naples we went down to Palermo in Sicily and hired a car and spent a few days doing a lap of the island. It is a very cool place, quite densely populated actually.

We checked out the Valley of the Temples, which as you can see from the photo did indeed have temples, but was in fact a ridge, not a valley. For the record, I stole that joke from Rox.

From there we cruised along the coast to Catania to climb Mt. Etna, the largest active volcano in Europe. It was big and active (smoke coming out). We piked and drove most of the way up and just climbed a little hill. Good views though.

While we sifted around the island we just slept on the beach and cooked pasta over the fire. It was fantastic, although a little dirty (who needs showers...). Waking up each morning, going for run along the beach and taking a swim. Living the dream really.

The white sheet was out bed for the night.