Yesterday we visited two hill towns, Savoca and Forza D'Agro, where scenes from the Godfather movies were filmed. It is amazing how many Italian villages are built on top of a mini mountain! It is a real challenge getting our Fiat Punto up to them! In Savoca, the Bar Vitelli looks exactly as it did when a scene was filmed there 35 years ago. The waiter dresses up like Michael Corleone's bodyguards and plays the film's soundtrack...it was hilarious!
While in Savoca, we got a brief view of the top of Mt Etna, it's north side full of snow. It's amazing looking at this mountain, 3320 m high, from sea level. It takes up a huge part of Eastern Sicily. Unfortunately, we have not been able to get close to it yet as it is cloudy and rainy here. Hopefully it will clear up so that we can get onto the mountain tomorrow. It is still a very active volcano, so the areas around the main craters are inaccessible, but one can get on aspects of the lunar'like top and roam around areas of old lava.
This will be our last posting from Italy. We fly to Paris Wednesday, then down to Pau to see our future home. We'll be back in Canada before we know it!
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