Naples and Catania

 October 9, 2024

This morning we packed and checked out (leaving our bags for them to hold) while we went out to explore once more. We took the metro to the Municipal area and palazzo Reale (royal palace) but alas it is closed. Instead we visited the iconic castle by the port, Castle Nuovi, built in the 1279 as a palace for the french king, Charles I, and took a tour. 




In the middle of our tour I got a text from EasyJet reminding us of our flight at 2:45. We thought it was at 3:45! Gasp! 🫢 so we left the tour and had to hike it back to the metro and then hike from there to our hotel. As we were arriving at our hotel, a cab was dropping someone else off so we had her wait while we grabbed our luggage at the front desk. We made it to the airport in enough time to sit down for a beer and a light lunch before heading to our gate. 

Our flight ended up being delayed due to cell service interruption and so we ended up leaving a little more than an hour later. Ciao Napoli! 

Finally in Catania, we got our luggage (thank goodness) and our car (could it be any farther from the airport?) and put on our address from our booking.com reservation. We ended up in a very strange location and I was dreading that something was not right. We sent a message to our B&B that we were lost. Finally he sent us a pin and we had another 35 minutes to go!! 

We finally arrived at our B&B (very nice) and Silvio speaks only Italian. Somehow we understood each other and chose the downstairs room (rather than the upstairs one)with a great patio and three turtles apparently living there. It was dark when we finally arrived and I’m glad this day is almost over!! 



Silvio recommended a restaurant a short walk down to the sea. We enjoyed some wine on the patio before trekking it down to La Conchiglia for some dinner. No English spoken here either!

David had spaghetti with clams and I had calamari and a salad. 

We then had to walk up to our b&B (my legs are so tired of the terrain!)

Finally back in our room, I knocked over a glass of red wine and made a big mess!! Ugh!! Today was a comedy of errors! I hope tomorrow is better!  Tomorrow I think we’ll go visit Mt. Aetna! 

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  1. MegOctober 10, 2024 at 5:55 AM

    What a day you had! Looking forward to seeing your adventure tomorrow!

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