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Taormina in Sicily is a famous tourist mountain city, facing the Ionian Sea and Mount Etna. The Ionian Sea is a bay in the Mediterranean Sea, the deepest part of which is more than 5000 meters. Taormina Town has a long history. It was a Greek colony in 400 BC and came under the jurisdiction of the Roman Empire in 2 12 BC. People praised taormina as the most beautiful town in Sicily: "If you can only choose one destination in Sicily, go to taormina." We chose this site because of this recommendation, and came here to experience the story of "half seawater and half flame".

After we parked the car, we hobbled through the steep seemingly endless steps, squeezed sideways through the narrowest alley I have ever seen, and came directly to the foot of the heart-shaped Bella Island.

When my eyes met the intoxicating clear water, I was shocked that all the words were loud. Let's start with a wave of photos:

This is the blue of the Mediterranean! Sitting on such a luxurious blue can't help but make outsiders feel disgusted with creation, and secretly wonder: As descendants of the earth, why can't we share some light and strength? As a tourist, I just want to greedily let my eyes suck up this intoxicating blue, full of memories, and take it home to digest it slowly. When it rains continuously every day in England, I extract a little deep blue from the basin of memory and mix gray and blue into turquoise, which brings a touch of fresh comfort to life.

The sea here is a little solemn, and even the parasols and loungers on the beach are of the same color (which should be used by different operators to mark the business scope), which is more solemn than lively and delicate. Sitting here in a daze, you should be thinking about the meaning of life and immortality.

After watching the sea for a long time, my eyes will unconsciously search for the flower trees outside the hotel, or let my eyes climb high to see the swaying palm trees to relax the tension brought by this colorful blue.

On April 9, the square and the Greek theatre were naturally crowded, and tourists had a good time. I secretly photographed the happy couple as cute, wishing them to love each other forever like the bright summer flowers in this place facing the sea.

Mount Etna, another scenic spot that taormina has to launch grandly. Mount Etna is the highest mountain range in Sicily, the highest active volcano in Europe and one of the largest active volcanoes in the world. According to historical records, it has erupted more than 200 times; Since 2 1 century, 1 1 times has broken out, and the latest one was in 2022.

Taormina is the best place to watch Mount Etna from a distance. Our host family faces the sea and Mount Etna. The hotel owner grandly launched the balcony with sea view, pointed to the blue Mount Etna in the distance and said, "Look, this is my beauty! Not clouds, but volcanic smoke. " We solemnly accept this honor. It is said that the volcano erupted in February this year and has been smoking ever since, and volcanic magma is still rolling out from time to time. Therefore, we have a good observation of the changes in the crater. After all, this is the first time we have seen an "active" volcano. So I photographed the blue sea and rosy clouds.

At night, under the background of the night, I really saw the red volcanic magma!

When I came back, I found that Mount Etna was also recorded in the ancient book Zhufanzhi: "There are caves in the depths of our country, and there are fires in all seasons. From a distance, it is smoldering, but from a close look, the fire is fierce. China people threw stones into the cave, weighing 500 kilograms or 1000 kilograms, which exploded in a short time and broke like pumice. "

The situation of "broken like pumice" can only be known if you look carefully. We walked into an active volcano in Catania, the second largest city in Sicily. It takes more than an hour to drive from Catania to the abandoned car boarding place. At first, the road was easy, but I was attracted by a white tree. This kind of tree, called the Tree of Life, is said to be unique here, but its color and trunk look like birch trees in Northeast China.

The mountain is dry and hot, but the wind and rain in the mountain are uncertain, and it is rain and wind in a blink of an eye. There is a vivid landscape painting in China in the distance-it is difficult to return to China under the epidemic situation, but I didn't expect my homesickness to be comforted here.

The crater like the top of Mount Fuji in the distance is the source of smoke, but I can't get close to it. I can only watch the clouds float. I only hate that I don't have a light figure like a cloud, floating up and looking carefully.

Everyone climbed to the top like a camel climbing a dune.

So after hard work, I saw the crater. There is a big pit outside and a small pit inside. The big pit is covered with a small pit.

I saw volcanic rocks "broken like pumice". According to the tour guide, there are two forms of volcanic activity. One is an upward eruption centered on a certain point, and after cooling, the falling volcanic ash is fine and uniform, like the size of a fist or a fingernail. The flowers on this soil exude a strong and stubborn vitality and seem to be stained with blood.

The other is the outflow of volcanic magma. These are huge uneven stones, flowing all the way, and they are scars rising on the surface.

Taormina is such a place with half water and half fire. Its beauty is its daily life, but it can make our daily life beautiful.