A much warmer morning with the outside temperature at 15°C at 08:00 and no need for heating in Henrietta. We walked up into the town and did some shopping and attempted to use the WiFi Internet in an Internet café. Unfortunately it was one of those cases where I could connect to the café's network but couldn't access anything on the Internet. The café reset their Internet connection and I rebooted the laptop but all to no effect, so we just enjoyed the cappuccinos.
The short hop down the coast turned out to be quite exciting. It started to rain as we started to climb the long winding hill out of the town to the higher land behind and then the heavens opened. Torrential rain followed for nearly an hour. Rivers of water ran down the hill disappearing off at the hairpin bends and as the road levelled out we drove through standing water sending curtains of water up on both sides. And then it suddenly stopped – from pouring rain to nothing and the roads were totally dry!
Palmi is to be our last stop before we take the ferry over to Sicily. The San Fantino site in Taureana di Palmi is located on high land shaded by pine and olive trees and is an ancient Greek and Roman site. The facilities are basic but this is compensated by the position. We chose the pitch on the edge on the hill – there are no signs of ancient remains but this must have been a temple site. High above the beach, there are lovely views up and down the coast and out to sea with Sicily, Stomboli and other islands.
We chose a sunny spot for lunch and then continued to follow the sunny spots whilst planning the rest of the trip. We ended up sat on the edge of the hill overlooking the small fishing harbour below. A constant stream of small fishing boats set off with the deep 'phutt, phutt' of their engines drifting up the cliff. And then we watched the sun set in a blaze of colour over the tip of Sicily – magical!
Photos: View south from Palmi; View north from Palmi; Sunset over Sicily.
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