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Travel Blogs from Palermo

Palermo: Even dirtier than Naples!

A travel blog entry by lthisu

Time to play some catch-up again! The week before our official Spring Break, our class split roughly in two, with 35 of us going south to Sicily and the rest going north to the Veneto region. We spent the first couple of nights in Palermo, the capital and largest city in Sicily. Although the weather probably didn't help anything (it rained almost …

Catania to Palermo

A travel blog entry by supersazza

I departed Catania on Thursday by bus, and my first sight of Palermo were the locals attempting to use a roundabout. Never quite seen anything like it, as they all drive into any available space, ignoring the lanes, and as a result the traffic grinds to a halt. Friday morning my mosquito bite total had increased, I subsequently slipped on the …

Arrivederci al Prossimo Viaggio

A travel blog entry by tammnel

... in the Hotel Ambasciatori which I found online and chose because of its location and price; unexpectedly it is a really nice hotel! We set out for an afternoon walking tour of Palermo. We headed up Via Roma, hung a left on Corso Vittorio Emanuele and one block later reached Via Maqueda and Quattro Canti. This crossroads is a four-sided monument; each corner is a four-story concave façade with fountains and statues and ...

Hanging with the Mafia!

A travel blog entry by rhys_raelene

... it was closed, next door was a Chinese restaurant so we decided to sit in here eat lunch and plan our next move.

Miraculously on leaving the restaurant the ticket office was open so in we went. We asked for our tickets and the man proceeded to get irate with us and point us in the direction of another office (Italians really love their jobs…) We found the other office which was again, closed, but on the door it stated that the ferry to Sardinia tonight was cancelled ...

Another Day, Another Sicily

A travel blog entry by paulej4

... the entertainment give it their all.

So, too, have we today. Instead of heading to one of the other venues after the show, we make 11:00 our "return to cabin" time. It is Mandi’s birthday and Gloria wants to visit so Viber is called upon. If you don’t have Viber on your SmartPhone, check it out. Free calls and texts anywhere in the world between Viber subscribers. It evens works aboard ship.

We have a big day tomorrow: ...