Some island cruising - The Canaries and Sicily, then Milan

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Afternoon tea of some Sicilian bites



Dinner in the main restaurant as evening fell





I bought this - Etna red ... of course!



Entrée of Beef Polpette and main of lamb loin.

 

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Overnight transit to Lipari, main town of the Aeolian Islands off the NE coast of Sicily. Really looking forward to this day, as in the afternoon/evening we will be 'cruising past Stromboli' - Stromboli being a permanently erupting volcano island.



This was a busy visit. We moored off the town and took the vessel's lifeboats into a wharf in the town (this is the usual way of tendering in).









We had to walk 15 mins or so through the town as the coaches can no longer reach the wharf.

 

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We were ging to do a tour clockwise around most of the island.

First stop gave this fantastic view, from the east of Lipari near Pianogreca south-east towards Vulcano island - pretty appropriately named!





Dunno about the volcano, but check-out that massive landslip immediately behind the town.



Further on, we got a view over to Salina Island.





And furth on still, a tantalising peek north-east past Panarea Island through the gloom to Stomboli!



Onwards to the end of the road, Acquacalda (~ Hot water). A video showing the road and some of the commentary (not the best this time) - and a view of Stromboli.

There used to be hot springs here until an earthquake, so now its just a fishing town. But for me, the other thing about it was the pumice deposits (pumice: that very light, air filled volcanic rock that can float) - mined for ages for the pumice which was used for 'stone washed' denim and beauty products. Now closed.



But did we stop for a look? We did not. The bus did a 5 point turn and we headed back.