We left Ridgewood on time and arrived in Lodi as promised at 1 PM, departing from there for JFK.

All aboard, we departed for JFK.

Both of our flights landed early, which was good because we had a tight connection at Rome's Fiumicino airport.  Even better, all of our luggage arrived with us at Catania.

We had a quick stop in Catania, the second largest city in Sicily, before heading to our hotel in the resort town of Taormina.