The JimAnna Chronicles

We were able to spend an amazing day in Sicily with our guide … Paolo Piana. However, before we arrived, we woke up to a beautiful view of Mt Etna.  In fact, this was the best view we had of the most active volcano in Europe.   We started out in the Catania’s UNESCO-worthy Piazza [...]

Although the weather wasn’t great, we had a nice time in Palma de Mallorca. This is the Rambla dels Ducs de Palma.  Not quite as big as Barcelona’s, but still very interesting.   We stumbled on an art show while we were there.  I liked this white marble eyeball.   This is the view of [...]

We visited the always vibrant city of Barcelona.  Unfortunately, the bad weather followed us and it rained most of the day.  Oh well, no matter, we just enjoyed indoor activities.  Notably, we spent most of the day with Juan and Sonja, our Spanish “family.”  Juan had spent a year on exchange with Anna’s family while [...]

Next stop … the sprawling city of Naples.  Although we didn’t spend much time in the city, it felt a little like Marseille.   Our time was spent in a small ancient city sitting at the foot a mountain.  Mt Vesuvius.  That city is of course, Pompeii and infamous for it’s destruction in the year [...]