Going up Stromboli had been a longtime fixture of mine, so much so that I went a little crazy to do it. To go up (and down), it also takes a fairly strenuous hike. The somewhat crazy long weekend developed as follows: Friday, evening in Palermo. Saturday morning, train to Milazzo and then ferry to…
Climbing a volcano and toasting marshmallows with lava was a somewhat silly activity on the schedule that tickled my fancy for original things quite a bit. Antigua We landed in Guatemala City (famous for crime) and skipped it altogether to move to Antigua. Passing through the capital again in the following days, they did not…