Day 11: Mount Etna

We had a sweet young woman named Bella who trained to be a tour guide for "the Etna"...she was charming and funny. What a treat.

We went into a lava river cave with torches. We taught the tour guide the word "flashlight."

Isabella

Lava crater from late 1800s

2001 lava crater

Active explosion on Etna

After olive, wine, honey, and olive oil tasting, a fabulous meal at Fermata Spuglini to end the tour. 4 wines, grappa, meats and cheeses and olives, Pasta alla Norma, and semi freddo...we were very happy.

It was a long day for Doug! Poor Joe found a scrape on the car, and 2 parking tickets...

Frying crispelle

Wine heading back to Wisconsin!

The wine shop

Dinner at Mm!