The picture doesn't do it justice, but this is where we are staying - a little bed and breakfast villa and orchard called Orange Park about 10 km outside of Catania (Sicily).Today was moving day - we were staying in Catania yesterday and the day before at a B&B downtown, and we just moved into a place that we'll be based out of for the next week or so.
I'll spare you the pics of the swimming pool and the rooms. Anyway, I am in love with Sicily. I might have to move here. The only things I think that I would have a problem with (based on my limited exposure so far) are the traffic and the people density... but those things bug me in Seattle too. Now when I see rural Sicily, that will be the test... :)
Tonight there are eight of us staying here. Tomorrow the other nine arrive. Tomorrow is a shopping and van rental and airport trip day. the next day is when our field work starts. We'll be exploring the eastern flank of Mt. Etna and looking at basalt deposited on top of either carbonates or evaporites. Maybe both... I'm not entirely sure. Anyway you can bet it will be hot and it will be nice when we go swimming in the Mediterranean. I'll keep you posted. :)
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