The Island of Vulcano

We went to the island of Vulcano. As usual we didn't plan well, just took people on their words that it was easy. Guess we should learn. We didn't leave until after 9am because Anne was working and she didn't know we were going for sure until Randy woke up that morning. After 2.5 hours in our "wonderful" car we got to Mizano the jump off point for the Aeolian Islands. First stop..... Visitors Center... Help? Basically none. Walked to the boats, hmm no help. Went to a boat office, closed reposo. hmmmm Guy talks to us at the closed office, brings us to another ferry office, helps us buy the tickets, helps us park. Know he is getting fee, but we are happy for the help. Problem..Why would they be paying someone to get customers from other companies, because yours is the worst. We ended up on the car ferry that took us 3 hours to get there, now it is almost 4pm, and the last ferry leave around 7pm. Not much time. We go to a pension, all cheap places are sold out for the night because it is Friday night, the start of the Italian Vacation period. Next hotel 225 euro. NO we won't stay the night, but the crater looks nice to hike. As we are walking we find the mud baths. We decide to try them. Cameron is afraid the sulfar hot bubbling mud pools will bake his balls. At any age boys always worry about their privates. The mud baths were nice. and after soaking for 20 minutes (the suggested time) we went into the ocean to clean off. The ocean was bubbling with hot springs, it was interesting. I was hopeful this would help the arthritis in my shoulder. After a quick shower, we bought our ferry tickets back to the mainland of Sicily. Again, wrong boat, but at least this one only took 45 minutes. We really wanted the hydrofoil, but live and learn.
On the way home, we stopped for dinner in a Chinese Restaurant in Catania. Not too bad especially for Italian Chinese food. We must have stunk up the place with our wonderful sulfar smell. Took another shower when we got home, but the smell kept waking me up all night long. DANG!! Two days later we still stunk and I can't get the smell out of our bathing suits.

Best part is we got out of the house and went exploring. I love it when Randy feels up to exploring. Even when it is over 100 degrees out. :)

PS. My arthritis is still bothering me. :(