We had to take a shuttle bus to our regular coach since it couldn't fit through the narrow, winding streets of Taormina. Then, an hour later, we were up by the craters of Mt. Etna. It's just as amazing as you would think. You can see the charred earth where the lava came down and the parts that were spared...unreal....We got to walk up & around this huge crater and saw a house that had lava come up and bury the side and back half of it in 2001. There's even a gondola you can take up and then hop in a jeep and go tour the volcano & see the lava. I guess no more insurance companies will insure this gondola....can't imagine why!?!? :) It is still spewing some lava. Tonight at dinner on our rough top terrace, you can see the lava flowing. Tonight's wasn't as much as our welcome lava of yesterday, but it's still amazing to be sitting there, thinking about where you are and the scenery around you. It's quite breath-taking.
I think Etna definitely beats out Poas and Arenal on the 'Coolest Volcano of the Summer' list.
I'm feeling quite blessed at the moment...
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