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| Our second floor terrace.... |
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| Sunrise over the Ionian Sea.... |
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| A ray of light on the water.... |
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| A sunrise with a smile.... |
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| Hazy sunrise with fishing trawler.... |
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| Castelmola, Taormina, and the Sea from our terrace.... |
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| Castelmola and Taormina.... |
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| Castelmola and Taormina in afternoon light.... |
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| A light shines on Castelmola.... |
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| Rainbows after a storm.... |
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| The hillside bathed in unusual pink light after a storm.... |
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| Sheep in the field.... |
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| ....and on the road.... |
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| Volcano Mt. Etna in morning light.... |
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| ....and at sunset.... |
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| Giardini Naxos beach and harbor from our side balcony.... |
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| Ultra-light aircraft .... |
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| Using zoom.... |
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| Ancient Greek Theater in Taormina....using zoon.... |
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| Full moon over the Sea, blue lights in the olive tree.... |
Around The Lemon Tree....
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| Our second-floor terrace.... |
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| The whole villa.... |
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| Antique wheel from a Sicilian Cart.... |
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| Flowers in bloom, and Castelmola in the distance.... |
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| Flowers and blue skies.... |
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| Iris in bloom.... |
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| Molly.... |
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| This way.... |
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| Yes, there really is a Lemon Tree.... |
Some favorite memories from 2019....
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| A mountain of delicious local blood oranges...cost about $6.... |
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| A giant Aperol Spritz.... |
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| Breakfasts on the sun-drenched terrace.... |
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| Coffee every morning made in the old Moka pot.... |
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| ....And Karen and Diego's olive oil.... |
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| Pizza at La Vela with John, Karen, Kate, Diego, and Saro.... |
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| A tight squeeze on a narrow bridge...and a hand gesture from the green car.... |
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| An outing to the Gole Alcantara Natural Park.... |
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| Beautiful park where the river gushes through gorge.... |
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| Sightseeing path along the gorge.... |
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| At Gole Alcantara.... |
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| Our first car, had to turn it in due to a flat tire.... |
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| Our second car....may need an oil change.... |
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| Yes, there was some work...here at Saro's restaurant, with Saro, Diego, and John.... |
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| The first of two new kitchens at The Lemon Tree.... |
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| ....With a custom-built wine bottle rack.... |
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| The second new kitchen....also with custom-built wine bottle rack.... |
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| Tempting fate on the back of Diego's scooter.... |
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| Sheep.... |
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| A sea of sheep.... |
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| ....And horses in the road.... |
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| Good thing they put the horse before the cart.... |
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| On the back road to nowhere, this lady had the best oranges.... |
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| Were invited to Alessandra and Giuseppe's house for dinner twice. Both dinners were amazing.... |
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| View from Trattoria Anni '60 in Forza d'Agro....delicious lunch... |
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| Bar Vitelli in Savoca....in a famous scene from the Godfather movie.... |
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| Crashing waves in Giardini Naxos harbor.... |
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| Our wine tasting group at Vini Gambino on the slopes of Mt. Etna.... |
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| At our big pizza party in Forza d'Agro, this restored 1960 Autobianchi showed up.... |
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| A trip to Agira for the Motor Expo.... |
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| The amazing mechanical clock tower at the Cathedral of Messina.... |
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| Lions roar, roosters crow, and Saints parade around.... |
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| Zodiac clock on the bell tower.... |
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| Beautiful ceiling in the Cathedral.... |
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| The Naxos "Temple" in the harbor.... |
It's been a wonderful four weeks here at The Lemon Tree....great weather, good food, fun times...
....To Diego and Karen, to John and Kate and Tommy, to Saro and Debbie, to Paola, to Giuseppe and Alessandra....we say Cheers, Salute, Cin Cin, and Cent'Anni....see you in September....
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