This great city lies on the east coast of Sicily, right next to the volcano Mt. Etna.
Catania - and the volcano. Photo: Antonio Violi
Prone to eruptions and earthquakes – this city has been rebuilt dozens of times, in large part by lava. And the architecture is fantastic.
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Another great new find this week – The Blissful Adventurer with brilliant pics and lots of fun.
And lots of Italy!
From a morning in Colorado:
Car frost and Ice crystals.
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Here’s a great travel blog from Iran:
Persepolis - center of the Persian Empire, burned by Alexander in 330 BC.
One day we’ll go there:
Skip to 2:10 for highlights of architecture.
Google Street View… the possibilities are endless…
Palazzo Pitti... and beyond...
While reading an ebook – and listening to jazz radio webstyle, we did a little checkup on the geography of Florence, and walked around the city blocks at full-screen with google maps..
And old memories are refreshed and new.. and some adjusted a bit.. with some years in between – the architecture clearly looks a bit different than remembered, and even more beautiful than last visit..
Thanks Google!
