Today we went back to Etna. Day got off to a rocky start when we discovered our picnic bag had become utterly infested with ants. We spent the rest of the coach trip thinking bugs were crawling on us and every so often we were right. On the upside, we stopped at a lovely little honey farm and bought some more local honey and our guide was nice. At one point she excitedly made the driver stop our massive coach because she had spotted one of the local foxes. (They look like UK foxes except darker brown and with a white tip to the tail) She was thrilled, and that in turn pleased me to see her so happy.

Annoyingly, my non serious but utterly debillitating stomach thing kicked in, meaning I had to stay sat in the little cafe near the top for two hours whilst charlie explored the lunar type landscapes outside but that was okay. It was always going to be more his day than mine - I just hate it when this thing puts such a crimp in my day and the day of those around me. Hopefully I will be better for the trip to Syracuse tomorrow because I've really been looking forward to it :)

Also I saw what might be the cutest dog ever in Taormina - a miniature, caramel coloured Dachshund puppy! I could have popped it in my pocket - just adorable.

Oh and the local italian radio station has this amazing show where they play an hour of music from films. In a move that is both exciting and annoying in equal measure, there are no credits for any of the pieces played whatsover. We have recognised: Jerry Goldsmith's soundtrack to Basic Instinct, El Cid and some John Barry and Maurice Jarre work that we can't match to movies but some are lovely and we just can't get at all. Some I would  love to know just so I can buy the album.