After a day's 'rest' in Taormina (which included a quick trip up mount Etna and a visit to the cliff-top walled town followed by provisioning for the week ahead) we are now underway for Sardinia by way of the Straits of Messina (between the toe of Italy and Sicily). We will pass Stromboli tonight and we hope to arrive in NE Sardinia on Friday evening. We will be offshore so may not get chance to update the blog. In the meantime we will try to load some more pics onto the gallery - in case you haven't looked, there are some pics there!
I think Millie is planning an account of our Etna adventures - for those who prefer her blog entries, rather than my boring ones.
Thanks to everyone for the comments - it's nice to read them.