
Op het zwarte strand bij Vík verstoorden we de maaltijd van een meeuwenduo.

The last few days in Sicily have seen warm, often sunny weather – occasionally interrupted, as today, by violent, brief thunderstorms. In a few weeks the summer will explode, and for many months we will see little rain. Instead many people will flock on the shores, at this incredibly clear …

Le fasi iniziali dell’eruzione del 2006, iniziata 24 ore prima. Nonostante il titolo, le case che si vedono (mi trovavo a Giarre) non correvano nessun pericolo.

The second largest city in Sicily, Catania sits in the shadow of Europe’s highest volcano, Mount Etna, on the east of Sicily between Syracuse and Taormina. Ugly, decayed and crime-ridden today, it was once called the ‘city of black and white’ because of the use of white marble and black …

Mount Taranaki is the Maori name of this 2518 meter high vulcano. Captain Cook named the vulcano Mount Egmont and in 1900 Egmont National Park is the first NP of New Zealand. The last eruption was over 350 years ago and experts say that the mountain is overdue for another …