http://extra.wikitravel.org/blogstag/volcano/feed Merge internal and external blog entries into one index view by tag en http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_x <p>The last full day of our Volcano Discovery outing, and we&#39;ve saved the best for last. This was the day for descending the <strong>Valle del Bove</strong>, a massive collapse structure on the side of <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Etna" title="reference on Mount Etna" target="_blank">Mount Etna</a>. I&#39;ve been in a lot of mountain valleys in my life, but it&#39;s fair to say I&#39;d never been in one quite like this before, and with a fantastic going-away banquet afterward in <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Nicolosi" title="reference on Nicolosi" target="_blank">Nicolosi</a> town to boot.</p><p><a href="http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_x">read more</a></p> http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_x#comments Italy mount etna nicolosi sicily banquet hiking scenery volcano CC-Attribution 2.5 English Sun, 22 Jul 2007 18:08:54 -0700 Bill-on-the-Hill 1651 at http://extra.wikitravel.org http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_ix <p>The big thing about this day was that it stank. Well, actually, that was the whole idea, because our destination was the active crater of <a href="http://wikitravel.org/en/Mount_Etna" title="reference on Mount Etna" target="_blank">Mount Etna</a>, one of the world&#39;s most active volcanoes and its second largest source of malodorous sulfur dioxide and other evil gases. Why, you say, would anyone want to go to such a place? Read on ...</p><p><a href="http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_ix">read more</a></p> http://extra.wikitravel.org/blog/bill_hill/bill_versus_volcano_ix#comments Italy mount etna sicily adventure hiking stench volcano CC-Attribution 2.5 English Sat, 21 Jul 2007 08:22:27 -0700 Bill-on-the-Hill 1644 at http://extra.wikitravel.org