Waking to the sound of birds chirping in the courtyard below my room....a slow start and relaxing morning, fresh fruit, yogurt, capucchino in the sunny breakfast room on the top floor with view to Mt Etna and sea...Today is sunny and quite warm. I left the hotel around 11:30 decided to go lay on the beach for the afternoon and read. Stopped at a bookstore, did some window shopping and made a hair appointment for later that afternoon. Bought a parejo to use as a beach towel and took the Funivia (cars suspended from cable-see photo) down to the beach. After paying for the letto (bed) that has a built in adjustable shade that can cover your head/shoulder and getting settled in with my books, music, water, snack.. I spend a few hours doing absolutley nothing except dozing and listening to snippets of conversations, italian, english, german,...perfect for reflecting on the first part of my trip and mentally planning the next. Everything was going really smoothly was enjo
ying the connection with Seby and soaking up the Sicilian sun in Taormina. life is good - what more could I want? Nothing - totally satisfied, lacking absolutley nothing, a whole week left to enjoy this ...z z z z z z z ...back to town via the Funivia going up, up up...and a walk along the corso..my appoinment at Benessere e Bellezza is 4pm. I have time to shower, change and check in with Francesco. I arrive at my hotel about 3pm and approach the desk to get the key..Fabio tells me "There is a problem"...me: "Una problema? Che problema?" Well to make a long story short..I left the hotel without telling them I wanted to stay and apparently they were totally booked!!!! I had no room for that night or ever for right now !!.MINCHIA!!.When I gave the key to the clerk that morning, she neve mentioned they were booked. I am standing in the tiny lobby with my bathing suit under my clothes, hair a mess and have no where to go!! Fabio took me to the linen room where my suitcases were. Anything that was not packed was put into plastic bags. I was able to change put my bags back together and pull myself together a bit...think! think! think! what to do now? Ok, I do have at least 1 knight in shining armor somewhere in this city...call to Seby goes like this.A.Hi, Seby, how are you? how is your day? S. Ciao Bella, come stai? What did you do today? A -Oh I went to the beach and spent the afternoon sulla pancia (on my belly) and did nothing. It was a very nice day except...I GOT KICKED OUT OF MY HOTEL!!!! S. Cosa??? What happened? Why? I told him what happened and he asked if I wanted to stay at his house...I accepted with much gratitude...we arranged to meet to Porta Cataania around 6pm. So, I am saved! Now off to my hair appointment, a bit of internet time, shopping and some cafe..3 hours went by quickly and when I met up with Seby I was looking quite presentable! So to his house and dump my stuff in his living room (poor guy!) We just hung out, he made dinner and we had some wine then went to sleep because the next day is the tour to Mt Etna!!
ying the connection with Seby and soaking up the Sicilian sun in Taormina. life is good - what more could I want? Nothing - totally satisfied, lacking absolutley nothing, a whole week left to enjoy this ...z z z z z z z ...back to town via the Funivia going up, up up...and a walk along the corso..my appoinment at Benessere e Bellezza is 4pm. I have time to shower, change and check in with Francesco. I arrive at my hotel about 3pm and approach the desk to get the key..Fabio tells me "There is a problem"...me: "Una problema? Che problema?" Well to make a long story short..I left the hotel without telling them I wanted to stay and apparently they were totally booked!!!! I had no room for that night or ever for right now !!.MINCHIA!!.When I gave the key to the clerk that morning, she neve mentioned they were booked. I am standing in the tiny lobby with my bathing suit under my clothes, hair a mess and have no where to go!! Fabio took me to the linen room where my suitcases were. Anything that was not packed was put into plastic bags. I was able to change put my bags back together and pull myself together a bit...think! think! think! what to do now? Ok, I do have at least 1 knight in shining armor somewhere in this city...call to Seby goes like this.A.Hi, Seby, how are you? how is your day? S. Ciao Bella, come stai? What did you do today? A -Oh I went to the beach and spent the afternoon sulla pancia (on my belly) and did nothing. It was a very nice day except...I GOT KICKED OUT OF MY HOTEL!!!! S. Cosa??? What happened? Why? I told him what happened and he asked if I wanted to stay at his house...I accepted with much gratitude...we arranged to meet to Porta Cataania around 6pm. So, I am saved! Now off to my hair appointment, a bit of internet time, shopping and some cafe..3 hours went by quickly and when I met up with Seby I was looking quite presentable! So to his house and dump my stuff in his living room (poor guy!) We just hung out, he made dinner and we had some wine then went to sleep because the next day is the tour to Mt Etna!!
1 comment:
OMG, that is so funny. Like a Seinfeld episode gone crazy.
You really got "kicked out" of your hotel? And they packed all your loose goods in plastic bags?
Bet it wasnt funny at the time, but somehow you bounced back. Found a berth, and wine!
Anything you want to fill us in on?
You're amazing
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