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Enna to Paterno

7/5/2014

 
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Hi everyone,

We left Enna Friday morning and had an easy drive to Paterno,which is on a hilltop onthe eastern part of the island at the base of Mr.Etna.We are staying at Agriturismo Gianferrante; a rather large Orange farm directly below Paterno which is directly above us on the hill. We have an easy view of the city. We wandered through the farm and there are also grapes, grapefruit, lemons, limes, olives, figs and pears, that we, with our limited farm knowledge can recognize. Check the photo of the one thing we can't recognize, maybe you know what it is? There are beautiful trees and two very large ponds which they call lakes, probably the size of 4 swimming pools together, that have hundreds of lotus plants growing wildly filling the entire pond. The irrigation system from the lakes to the farm is very interesting.



Keith's knowledge of the French language has come in very handy as this is our second set of hosts that speak French and Italian. It is fun to watch him burst into French mode!



It is very very hot today in this location (it is now Saturday morning). It is not yet noon and we are sitting in the shade,Keith has already been swimming in the huge pool. (Which we have to ourselves - last night here were a bunch of Americans here having a July 4 party)

Donna, Sally and Josie
7/6/2014 05:18:22 am

We are enjoying this trip immensely ! Amazing photos.
So glad the angels were watching over you guys during MVA .
We will do our best to keep them on duty 24/7....


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