Acanto Blu Palermo
Via Savona 10 Palermo, Sicily, 90133, Italy
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Island Sun
... from the Old Testament. The middle apse has a huge magnificent mosaic of Christ. The interior has roman columns and the cloister garden arches and fountain are Arab inspired. The bronze door has 42 Biblical scenes. We shared caprese and stuffed meat balls (tasted like pork sausage) a Monreale specialty. Palermo food markets definitely have an Arabian feel. Breakfast was fresh squeezed blood red orange juice and fried rice balls that they call pancakes. ...
Very mixed city....
... many different nations is very apparent with over a hundred and fifty churches in a 20-block radius.
We were pleasantly surprised by our B&B / hostel for the night (www.aivicere.com). Well equipped, clean and pretty much in centre of the old town.
We spent the day exploring the city's sights, sounds and markets for the day. ...
Go West life is peaceful there
... smart and more than we need. Looking forward to brekky in the morning as mama who doesn't speak English will be serving it!) As it was still quite early I convinced the guys to get out to take a quick walk around the check the city. We came across a really funky little bar so had to stop off for a glass of organic Sicilian white wine - yum ;) Bed time now then a full day exploring the city on foot before boarding our overnight ferry from here to ...
Where there's fire there's smoke!
... coming from ANY direction except DIRECTLY from the west WILL result in chimney failure!
As winter winds down we find that we fluctuate between freezing cold and tolerably cool. All four of us perpetually smell like a combination of the gasoline white thingies and a camp fire. We wear layers of clothes, two pair of socks and Wade and I are constantly saying things like “put on a sweater” or “close the door” or “watch out ...
Palermo
... although the one thing we struggled with was the road laws, or lack of. A pedestrian crossing in Palermo doesn’t mean you can just walk when the little green man says so, it means cross at your own risk with cars dismissing anything that looked like a red light.
Our hostel on the other hand was one of the worst places we have stayed during our 9 months of travelling. Firstly, it was freezing! After two days of ...


