At 6 clock Sicily and the opposite Reggio Calabria were clearly visible. Cruises educate early rising.
I always find it fascinating when you are standing on the balcony or on deck and breathe the fresh morning air meerige, in the distance the country can see and watch the sunrise. time in Messina was limited, so we have taken no action on your own, but booked a trip to Mount Etna.
how it looks by the way, when the first buses to line up at the port to the tourists from the ship include:
There was a bus 1.5 hours by a very interesting track with lots of views, the desire for more Sicily made. The Austrian tour guide who has lived for so many years in Italy that it had a slight Italian accent, delivered many explanations of Sicily and Mount Etna, so that the ride was not boring.
In between there was a photo stop with a clear view of Mount Etna:
went on for more Silvestri craters to 1986 m altitude, where there is next to a large parking lot a building with a bar / cafe and restaurant. The toilet was filled there, as our bus arrived ... 
Here you see me, at what level it is here already. :-) A little further the station is Rifugio Sapienza with the new cable car. The old one was destroyed by an eruption in 2002.
Our time was not enough to take the cable car to move on up.
near the Silvestri craters we then had an hour to drink a good espresso and the other two in the crater of Mount Etna to watch. 
When the bus went off a little further, then not too many people were on the road and found some time to rest, the beautiful views and experience enjoy. for the trip are advised to bring jackets and sturdy shoes. I can only agree, it was pretty windy.
It was fun to walk around the craters, you slide rather, plops down sometimes, and afterwards small volcanic pebbles in the shoes or pants cuffs. ;-)
After the fitness program we went back by bus the same route. We came back in time to ship, so that was still enough time for a little stroll through Messina. Messina I liked it, even if the city was destroyed again and again (earthquakes and wars) and much is new. We were almost the only cathedral in , so we had enough rest, look around us. On the whole trip, we visited several cathedrals - I found it very interesting to compare them.
found impresses me the free-standing bell tower with a mechanical clock. In Wiki is that it is the world's largest.
place on Cathedral Square is also an interesting fountain, fountain Orion, for which one needs some time before you have admired all the characters and the work of art. 
At 14 clock drove the boat will be off again. It was beautiful weather, the bed In addition to the pools were obviously occupied, but on other decks, you can still find some. In the pools, I was also too full, just before closing (which is about 19 clock) you are again alone in the pool.
We have taken down in the Modigliani-Deck (Deck 6) at Café "La Piazzetta" still a hot chocolate and ice cream to us, and the cakes looked great. Unfortunately, my stomach can not expand indefinitely. ;-) were beautiful, the Aeolian Islands, through which we passed. Especially with the smoking volcano Stromboli was good to see:
were short 19 clock we are still in the pool and swam for a while. Until I came back to our bed, my slippers were gone. Two pool supervisors have told me afterwards that they had seen a couple that would be my fairly new brand shoes closer look and then plugged. The lost and found they were not given. Such a thing can happen to stop ... But I came the next day without shoes or other shoes along well. was 
evening in the restaurant's ice bomb and music, huge fanfare. Then there was the buffet restaurant or a midnight buffet with snacks, pies, carving, ice sculptures and great shows. was unfortunately anything with my artichoke flan from dinner (I think) or my Cocktail wrong, so I spent half the night was busy, to get rid of him ...
So a day of ups and downs, but this is one of them. :-)
This is part of a travel report on my cruise 7 Days Western Mediterranean with the MSC Splendida, details can be found here .
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