[Ammi]

Youtube video

One of the world’s most active volcanos has just erupted.Mount Etna, on the Italian island of Sicily...…is spewing plumes of ash and lava rising more than 3,000ft


...another video in the link...

https://uk.yahoo.com/news/mount-etna...122641618.html

[Vicky.]

Ahh volcano stuff both fascinates me and terrifies me in equal measure. I love watching eruptions, and hope one day to be able to see one in person (though from a distance, of course!)

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Ahh volcano stuff both fascinates me and terrifies me in equal measure. I love watching eruptions, and hope one day to be able to see one in person (though from a distance, of course!)

Sicily is on my list if we ever get to go on a plane again

And the Amalfi Coast

[Vicky.]

I said I wanted to do hawaii, as one of the volcanoes on there had been erupting for years with proper lava (like, not just the smoke, which is a bit crap, though probably safer!) but apparently that stopped last year or something

Edit. Kilauea volcano

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Cherie

Sicily is on my list if we ever get to go on a plane again

And the Amalfi Coast

Sicily for me too

We were in the Amalfi coast the year before last and honestly I wouldn't recommend it at all. It looks beautiful but it's so hard to get around there, the buses are unreliable and driving is terrifying, the roads are so narrow and so windy and dangerous and it's almost impossible to get parking anywhere and if you do get a space it crazy expensive. If you walk be prepared for 100's upon 100's of steps, the beach is right down at the bottom so you're climbing to get out of there plus it costs money to go on the beach, some beaches you actually can't go on at all without paying others you have to pay for a bed to get a decent spot, they leave the ****ty corners as the free places, also most of the locals aren't very nice or helpful

ETA : If I could do it again, I'd take a day trip on a boat or hire a boat and see it that way

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sicily for me too

We were in the Amalfi coast the year before last and honestly I wouldn't recommend it at all. It looks beautiful but it's so hard to get around there, the buses are unreliable and driving is terrifying, the roads are so narrow and so windy and dangerous and it's almost impossible to get parking anywhere and if you do get a space it crazy expensive. If you walk be prepared for 100's upon 100's of steps, the beach is right down at the bottom so you're climbing to get out of there plus it costs money to go on the beach, some beaches you actually can't go on at all without paying others you have to pay for a bed to get a decent spot, they leave the ****ty corners as the free places, also the most of the locals aren't very nice or helpful

Neem do NOT take that job at the Italian Tourist Board

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Neem do NOT take that job at the Italian Tourist Board

I love Italy, Lake Como and Lake Garda especially so I was so disappointed

[Niamh.]

Oh and also there was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many people everywhere

[Vicky.]

Glowing recommendation from niamh there

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Vicky.

Glowing recommendation from niamh there

Just trying to save Cherie some heart ache and a lot of money (and maybe her life if they decide to drive )

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Sicily for me too

We were in the Amalfi coast the year before last and honestly I wouldn't recommend it at all. It looks beautiful but it's so hard to get around there, the buses are unreliable and driving is terrifying, the roads are so narrow and so windy and dangerous and it's almost impossible to get parking anywhere and if you do get a space it crazy expensive. If you walk be prepared for 100's upon 100's of steps, the beach is right down at the bottom so you're climbing to get out of there plus it costs money to go on the beach, some beaches you actually can't go on at all without paying others you have to pay for a bed to get a decent spot, they leave the ****ty corners as the free places, also most of the locals aren't very nice or helpful

ETA : If I could do it again, I'd take a day trip on a boat or hire a boat and see it that way

oh thanks, I had heard about the steps

and it was on Breaking Dad on Monday with Bradley and Barney Walsh, it does look stunning but then it was looking at it rather than being in it I suppose

[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

Oh and also there was waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too many people everywhere

oh it's a no no then for now

[arista]

Sicily Suffers again.

[LeatherTrumpet]

My pal Jem has recently inherited a Dairy Farm in Sicily as it goes

He isnt really interested in farming..

Spoiler:

but he is going to milk it for all its worth

[UserSince2005]

Love a trip to Catania to gorge on cannolis. My good buddy has a townhouse there that I can use whenever I need