Fri.6th. Jan.
Was right about the whisky, should have bought some. Spent a nerve wracking night listening to rain hammering down on my repairs and wind blowing at gusts of heaven knows what. I don't want to complain but the weather here has been rubbish since we arrived! We walked down to the sea front today and saw waves 20 feet high crashing in onto the beach, very dramatic, the wind was blowing a gale and the rain was never far away. Felt sorry for Maria,( she and Geert arrived last night.) trying to get large amounts of washing dry. We had hot dogs for lunch and settled down for a siesta, no point in going out, the rain was raining and the hail was rattling on the roof, still scary. We were invited out to dinner tonight by Geert and Maria and accepted gratefully. We had them up for drinks beforehand and the whole evening was a real pleasure. It was a perfect end to a pretty miserable day, we laughed all the way. We're feeling that we're missing out on the eruption of Mount Etna and I think that tomorrow we'll head to Cefalu, hopefully fix up digs for Ian and Michelle and then head off to see the volcano. Palermo can wait for another day. Might just have one more small whisky before bedtime. Had to have a drink to offer our guests didn't I?
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