Girl time was on the menu this week. My dear friend Louise and I packed our bags and took a 4 1/2 hour flight to Calgary to visit my sister. The 3:30 am drive to Hamilton’s John C. Monro airport in the pouring rain was stressful but once there, parking was only a short walk to the small terminal which was quick and easy to navigate. The West Jet flight with …
It was foggy, cold and rainy. Graham met us at the townhouse and we literally headed for the hills. Heiligenberg to be exact, which means holy mountain. Apparently this mountain was used a lot by pagans in the past. Heidelberg is in a valley surrounded by high hills. We drove up and up through heavy mist to the top and then we got out to walk. The fog …
Early morning saw us leaving Catania. The streets were almost empty except for the cars parked everywhere to the point that a car could barely squeeze through a two way street. We flew into Frankfurt on RyanAir. It took quite a while to get our bags. It was grey, cool and drizzly outside. The German autobahns have no speed limit. John was doing 140 Km per hour in the …
I pulled a pomegranate from the tree, peeled it for the road and drank a glass of fresh squeezed orange juice from our tree. We said goodbye to our friends at the villa and began our 4.5 hour drive to Catania. My leg was still quite sore but at least not throbbing like the day before. On our way to Catania we planned to stop at the Villa Romana …