We spent an extra day in Catania since we found a really nice hostel. Catania is a nice city, but suffers from the same problems that most Sicilian cities do. Shops and hotels are only open when they feel like it, the people aren't very friendly, and nothing makes sense. For example: the "Etna" Bus Company doesn't sell tickets to Mount Etna.
In the middle of the city is the ruins of an ancient Roman Colosseum. You don't know it's there until you walk up to it. Where there should be a building, is just a hole in the ground. Look down and you see a sixth of what used to be an ancient Colosseum from Roman occupation. We snuck in at just the right time and had the place to ourselves!
Attached to our hostel was a bar. For some reason, that bar had an underground cave, with a river running through it. When we were looking for our hostel, we stopped by the bar to ask if they knew where they were. Before I could say anything, the bartender asked "would you like to see the underground cave". Of course the answer was yes.
Finally we left Sicily. It will not be missed. I'm not even going to go into how much trouble it is to travel in Sicily, or communicate, or understand signs - so instead here is a picture of me on our ferry to Greece.
bummer about the troubles. pics are still beautiful tho!
ReplyDeleteWow, a bar with a cave? Is there just like a door in the bar with stairs, or what?
ReplyDeleteThe cave is hidden - which makes it way cooler. You have to go through the restaurant, past the up-stairs bar, down the sketchy stairs to the down-stairs seating area - then one of the walls is missing, and there is a cave there!
ReplyDeletewow - what a neat discovery!
ReplyDeleteMarc
wow did you have a drink or two in the cave?
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