Trek to the Sea

And, we're back...

On Monday we ended up in Scopello and Ted and I landed a 3-story villa all to ourselves. This resulted in a major party on the rooftop patio. But first, there was the trek to the sea... Above pic is an old tuna processing plant along the coast just down from where we stayed.

We headed into Zingaro National Park along with friends Richard and Gwen. It was a twisty trail along the coastline (a rocky cliff).

Our buddy Don walked the whole 7 km trail!

This is Gwen and me coming out of cave. That's a painted cart, famous in Sicily.

We only made it part of the way along the trail when the beach called to me. Is this not beautiful? Swimming in the Tyrannian sea is better than a Monday at work...

BR was chillin' with us... and of course, there was wine.

Ted invited the group to a 5 p.m. gathering at our villa. It turned into a great party that pretty much continued through dinner and into the night. Much food and wine was obliterated. This was the view from the patio that night...

Dinner was family style with many courses - bruschetta, olives (yes, I ate them again!!), 3 kinds of pasta, 3 kinds of seafood, fruit, little evil cheese-filled tarts for dolci that were so good I was in love! Sorry no pictures of the food. That's because, there was lots of wine...

Scopello was beautiful...

Chow!