Clearing out a hard drive, I came across a file with some notes made whilst travelling in Sicily in 2009.
- Left on time!
- Regio to Messina: packed. Made rush for seats.
- Views of Etna. Cloud or steam? Snow on peak.
- Lemon groves.
- Tatty towns. Old ladies wearing aprons on balconies.
- Grey skies after hazy sun during the day.
- Army officer with smallest laptop in the world and wireless internet dongle.
- Typical: me as photographer sitting next to a window half-covered in graffiti.
- Tired and looking forward to hotel+bed.
- Train gradually emptying at small towns along the east coast.
- Stony beaches and large empty riverbeds (paths for lava?)
- Jo excited at first view of Messina Strait. Mum passed through here on a ship when travelling over from India.
- American on train heading from Syracuse to Lipari.
- Shared taxi: woman coming out of the darkness and calling big bearded husband from camper van parked next to a takeaway van to drive at break-neck speed to the port in an unlicensed cab. “Sorry, haven’t got any change” and a big smile.
- Checked in at hotel; American reeled at price and headed off to cheaper hotel. Room lovely; blue and cream with big ceiling fan, aircon.
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