Hotel Conchiglia d'Oro
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Hanging with the Mafia!
... bad!!!
We set off and aimed to get to Saracusa to spend the night, the ride back down Etna was cool and we remarked how we had gotten down just in time as the clouds were rolling in and the top of Etna was not visible anymore.
After a short ride we arrived in Saracusa and found our place to stay, there were no campsites so we consulted the rough guide and found an awesome B&B with huge rooms and close to everything. The lady was lovely and was very ...
Another Day, Another Sicily
... bit of alcohol at lunch.
Upon arrival back at Silver Spirit, there was time to toss in a load of laundry before heading up to the Panorama Lounge for our now traditional 4:45 Team Trivia completion where we improved our position from earlier matches to place second. Our team consists of Joe, the English professor; Bob, the retired HMO creator; John and Irene, a wonderful British couple from Windsor, England and the two of us.
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A free day so I had to ride
... Although we have a planned route, he always manages to find side trips along the way. Generally it involves roads that no one in their right mind would ever attempt to ride. He seems to have a particular fondness for steep roads with tight turns. Granted, we see things we wouldn’t otherwise see, such as the villager’s laundry hanging off the side of buildings. Nothing is private here. A general non-scientific survey shows that ...
Palermo and Monreale
... Piazza Verdi dominated by the Teatro Massimo, Palermo's premiere opera venue, though the allure is somewhat diminished by the stench of drains surrounding the tacky souvenir tables.
More time could have been spent investigating the city's chapels, piazzas and gardens but we're happy with our itinerary and bloated by bread and pasta. Sicily's east will remain for a future visit.
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Back in Cefalù
Dogs bark and a cockerel crows to wake us early. From our distance, we can't see the previous night's fire damage but the acrid scent of singed ground is on the air. Terre di Himera is smack in the middle of the countryside but it's too far to walk to the Madonie park and its pretty hill villages.
Fabrizio, our co-host rescues ...
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