This was while we were visiting one of the many churches in Italy. It never ceases to amaze me that these buildings are several hundreds of years old, yet have withstood the test of time. My apartment complex is 6 years old, and it's falling apart!
(Those are cucumbers & fish.)
It turns out that this house wat NOT overtaken by the lava flow. It was just never finished....
The road, as you can see, is carved into the lava flow from the 1998 eruption.
Mt. Etna last erupted in 2002. I always thought volcanoes spewed for a week at most. This mountain erupted from October 2002-January, 2003. In fact, the rocks were still so hot, the soles of my shoes were incredibly soft. Our tour guide dropped a newspaper, and it caught on fire.
