Affittacamere Francesca Alcamo
C/da Magazzinazzi, 165 Alcamo, Sicily, 91011, 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....
... 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
... quickly locked the doors and we were all thinking uh oh where are we??? After squeezing through some extremely tight cobbled streets (Jabula's mirrors even had to be tucked in) we noticed that the streets got a bit cleaner and the characters dwindled in numbers and then the hotels started appearing - right we must have entered from the "******" side of town, it was actually quite nice now.
We found a park and our little hostel (which is ...
Where there's fire there's smoke!
UMBRIA (northern Region bordering Tuscany), Italy
Last week of June, 2011
Hot and humid summer day.
Phone call:
Me: Hi can we rent your beach house in San Vito Lo Capo, Sicily?
GW: Sure…when?
Me: October of this year until April of next.
GW: Sure…you know the house doesn't have heat. But it is Southern Italy and there is a large fireplace that will heat the place. Winters are mild ...
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 ...



