Today we decided to take it easy and head down to the water. We walked over to the funivia (funicular) that can take you down to the beach - Taormina is built on a very steep hill, so while we are staying close to the downtown, we are a ways up from the water. The "cute" funivia (there are 8 little pods to carry people, four at each end, and they switch places every 15-minutes) brought us down near the water and we walked about 10 minutes over to the beach.
We spent the day at a small beach resort next to Isola Bella, which is a small "island" that is actually connected to the main land by a small sandy strip. The island really is beautiful - a tree-covered oasis in the middle of the cove. It was already so hot when we arrived (around 10:30 am), that we quicky got into the water. We were finally rewarded for suffering through all the jellyfish infested water. This place was absolutely amazing. The water never got deeper than six-feet and we just swam around with our goggles on looking at the thousands of beautiful fish swimming below us. The fish ranged from about 12 inches long to tiny schools of fish, and we were jellyfish free the whole day. This place is in a close competition to Capri...Unfortunately, that short description covers most of our day - in the water exploring, out of the water relaxing in the sun, back in the water exploring, etc. We did have a small lunch on the beach and then went back up to our apartment around 5 pm.
Shortly after, our friends Michael and Sylvie stopped by for a drink before dinner and they taught us a Sicilian card game - Briscolla. Its a quick game that many old men play around here, and we appreciate having something new to play - we have spent a lot of time playing Casino and Rummy. Briscolla is a good addition to our reperitore. Afterwards, we all went out for dinner (Bronte pizza, lasagne, cannaloni, spagghetti alla vongole, ravioli) and gelato and called it a night!
Gelato Gusti per il Giorno:
Mike - Pistaccio e Cookie
Aviva - Banana
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