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The day started with a beautiful sunrise. And the weather again was perfect.

The town is dominated by fortifications and a church on top of a rock overlooking the town. The walls and citadel were built around the mid 1500s. I took the second image later in the day to show how hight the citadel is compared to the town. Sadly I was shooting into the sun so it hasn’t turned out as well as I would like.

The last time we visited Lipari we did a tour so today was a walk around the town.

We decided that we should attempt the climb to the top of the citadel. I had climbed it on a previous visit in May but Sue hadn’t.

The walk up was strenuous but not too demanding. Here is Sue half way up contemplating the view.

And this is what she could see.

The view from the top was quite spectacular.

And a photo to prove that Sue made the climb!

Another view of the citadel from the town and our ship in the background.