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Vicolo Madonna del Cassaro 7, last floor Palermo, Sicily, 90133 , Italy
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Cinema Paradiso and Culture Shock of Big City
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Walk along the sandy beach which is crowded during the summer since this town is a popular holiday resort. We see our first RV parked along the shore. Its Sunday so street vendors are setting up tables. We view the teatro (theater) where the wonderful film "Cinema Paradiso" was set. Its an old theater …
Rayal Apartm, a funeral, puppets and getting lost
Today we make coffee in an Italian coffee maker for the first time. I even use google to find a you tube video with instructions. Our hotel provides coffee which is finely ground. The coffee comes out strong and the trick is to mix it with warmed milk.
Buy sunscreen 13E. I have a bottle of prescription Cymbalta which shows 0 refills …
Marvalous Monreale and Getting a Big Fine
We take bus to Monreale which takes 40 minutes. Guidebooks warn of theft
when bus is crowded but we don't get any bad vibes.
Tickets say Fabbriceria del Duomo di Monreale aka Catterdrale di Monreale.
8Km southwest of Palermo. According to Lonely Planet it is
“considered the finest example of Norman …
Oodles of Religious Art
Start the
day by visiting the Chiesa di Santa Maria degli Angeli La Gancia. We
are surprised there is a 2.5E entry fee.
In the
morning we go to the Gallerie Regionale. It has Sicilian art from the
middle ages to 18th century. It is almost all relegious
art. Its most famous painting is the Annunciation by Antonello de
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Island Sun
Traveling through the Rome airport we met up with 1996-99 Seahawk Brian, he's now in Atlanta. Yesterday we landed in sunny Palermo with the temperature 72 degrees. What a joy after the humidity and 95 degrees which covered me from head to toe with itchy "baby rash". The Cathedral of Monreale just outside Palermo is considered the pinnacle of achievement of Arab-Norman art. Founded in 1172 by William II, the interior is famous for its gold mosaics ...


