Harmony Bed and Breakfast Palermo
Via Lungarini 48 Palermo, Sicily, 90133, Italy
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Island Sun
... Day in Sicily is St. Joseph's Day. Joseph was a pancake seller when the housing market crashed so pancakes are the food choice for Father's Day. Driving in Italy is quite the experience. Signage is poor. The drivers never mind the speed limit, never signal lane changes or turns, and have no patience. I had gotten driving directions from the hotel in advance to make our trip from the airport easy. The first step was take A-19 A-20. At the rental car desk we ...
Very mixed city....
We arrived in Palermo around 6pm and it was almost dark. We quickly realised that the city is worse than Hillbrow in Johannesburg in certain areas (thanks to a road closure due to a street carnival and the GPS) and a really smart Mediterranean sea-side city only a few blocks away.
The mix of cultures due to the city's historic occupation ...
Go West life is peaceful there
We woke up after a brilliant nights sleep and again the sun was shining. Feeling good we all got dressed for some exercise. I ran along another brilliant coastal road, today was the hottest yet. Sweating and flustered I boldly suggested we go straight for a swim. Well I was the bravest and got in up to my thighs, the boys managed their toes and that was it - it was more like an ice bath. But stunning crystal clear water.
Oh well soon enough we ...
Where there's fire there's smoke!
... us…and we are not anywhere closer to getting this thing started….But it must be started!!! It has to start!!! We are cold!
We forge ahead.
Twenty attempts later our hard work, cursing, lighter fluid, paper towels, accelerator white stuff and persistence has paid off. The fire succumbs to our will and lights. It sputters and coughs and winces and finally comes to life!! A fire!!! Alas!!! We have Fire!!! Logs are a blazing!!! The ...
Palermo
... that would rival any Balinese street. I kept waiting for the Godfather music to start up as we walked around the streets, unfortunately the closest we got to Godfather like activity was seeing a guy go into a bar we were sitting at and collect money. Probably something very innocent, but not when you’re in Sicily.
Palermo was an easy and relaxing place to visit, the English was really good, the people were ...
This bed and breakfast was formerly known as: Harmony


