This video clip was taken during my language study trip to Sicily in April/May 2007. Sicily was fabulous! Check out my 23 travel articles about my experience in Sicily at http://www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/sicily_20 07.

During my language study trip in Taormina, Sicily, I enjoyed several local excursions. Together with my language study colleagues from the Babilonia Language School I hiked to the top of Castelmola. I also explored Isola Bella, a beautiful stretch of Mediterranean coastline at the foot of Taormina.

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This video clip was taken during my language study trip to Sicily in April/May 2007. Sicily was fabulous! Check out my 23 travel articles about my experience in Sicily at http://www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/sicily_20 07.

Here is a compilation of video clips of my excursion to the ancient town of Siracusa in Sicily. The trip was guided by a teacher from the Babilonia Language School in Taormina, and about 15 international language students participated.

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What a concept - learning Italian on a sailboat!!! In May of 2007 I did just that: with 4 other Italian students I boarded the Solitaire II, a 4-cabin sailboat, to study Italian sailing through the beautiful Eolian Islands of Sicily. We were in the capable hands of Francesco, our captain, and Franco, a gifted guitar player, both of them teachers from the Laboratorio Linguisitico Italian Language School in Milazzo, Sicily.

We spent a whole week sailing through gorgeous places such as Lipari, Salina, Stromboli, Panarea and Vulcano, and we had Italian lessons on the boat or in various outdoor bar patios on different islands overlooking the Mediterranean.

Here is a tiny selection of clips from a trip of a lifetime.

This video clip was taken during my language study trip to Sicily in April/May 2007. Sicily was fabulous! Check out my 23 travel articles about my experience in Sicily at http://www.travelandtransitions.com/stories_photos/sicily_20 07.

May 1, 2007: Italian Labour Day and a perfect opportunity to rent a car and drive into the Italian countryside. We first visited the Gole di Alcantara, stopped off in a mountain-top village of Motta Camastra and continued our local explorations on the Sicilian highlands.

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