Today, we decided to have a rest day with no excursion, but just to relax and rest. Wayne went down to breakfast at about 9:00am, but I slept-in until about 10:00 and just had some fruit and yoghurt in the hotel room with a cup of tea. It was good to not have to do anything or be anywhere important and to just "cogitate" as my Mum calls it. It gave me an opportunity to write up my blog for yesterday, which was a big one, and to give my body a break from all the activity of the past few days.
Wayne still wanted to look around the town of Taormina a little, so he went walking in the morning and then we met at the hotel pool in the afternoon.
The pool bar offered snacks, so we just lay in the warm sunshine, shaded by the beautiful olive trees that surrounded the pool, for the whole afternoon.
As the sun began to set, we gathered up our belongings and made our way back to our room. We would be departing Taormina very early tomorrow morning, so Wayne took some final photos of the room from outside, looking up at me on the top (4th) floor balcony, and of our little hired Fiat.
Then we went inside to pack our cases and prepare for our early departure the next morning. Wayne went down to the Reception to check-out, pick up the car key and to ensure that the Fiat would be positioned for easy exit in the morning, as we thought that, at 4:30am, there would be no staff available and that we would just load our cases into the car and leave. However, he was advised by the Receptionist that they were quite used to guests having to leave at that time and the night porter would not only be available to assist with the car, but would come to our room at 4:30 to take our luggage for us.
We had a light tea of crisp breads, soft cheese, wine and fruit and went to bed early at about 9:00pm, setting the alarm for 3:30 the next morning.
No comments:
Post a Comment