We have been on "Mount Etna"

As a part of our trip to Sicily in the beginning of September Paris and I decided to take the children to the very top of "Mount Etna"

It was a VERY hot day on the island so what could be better than a trip to the nice and cool Etna crater.

An hours drive plus a small encounter with a group of cows and some lunch in a restaurant on the side of the volcano and we had reached our destination.

And Pinkie made it as well ;o)

We paid the extraordinary expensive tickets...at least Maja was still free...and up the lift we went :o/

I think she enjoyed the first part of the journey.

The first part was a regular ski lift but that did NOT do it for us....OH NO!

We wanted to go ALL the way!

The next part had to be taken by these huge "Jeep buses" as you drive on small lava rocks.

We strapped us all in the back of the buss and after a rather rough trip we finally arrived as high up the volcano as we possibly could wish for ;o)

At first it looked a bit boring so Keenan and I tried to follow and understand the over tanned Italian guide and we soon found lots of excitement by removing the surface and feeling the warm lava just below our feet.

Paris and Maja found their own pace and we all REALLY enjoyed the whole experience...worth ALL the money!