Sunset at Chiesa Vecchia

Last night Nicole took us (together with a lovely woman from Melbourne who is here for five months!) on a tour around the island, heading for a sunset stop where we would be able to see five of the islands of the Isole Eolie...Salina, Filicudi, Alicudi, Stromboli, Panarea.  On the way we stopped at a view point for Vulcano.

We headed off at 4pm, with sunset about 7.15pm.  On the way, Nicole stopped at a favourite shop for tiny cornetto ice creams...hazelnut or pistachio...dipped in chocolate, and later for an aperitivo at a beachside bar in tiny, quiet Acquacalda.  We visited a number of lookout points around the island, and the abandoned pumice mines that were closed (not so long ago) under pressure from UNESCO.  The natural pumice cliffs give the water an almost iridescent aqua colour.

We bought a bottle of wine from a restaurant...and they gave us a bottle opener (to be returned later) and plastic cups...our sunset cheers!

Such fun!