Tag Archives: Palermo

New Year’s Eve in Rome

Posted on January 5, 2012 by

We had a wonderful New Year’s Eve celebration. I had a busy day planned for us, including visits to a couple of churches and a stop for gelato, and we’d heard that we could see fireworks at midnight just down … Continue reading →

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Sicilia: Day 3—Monreale and Cefalù

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

Sunday was the first day of touring with Best of Sicily, and six of us traveled about six miles southwest of Palermo to Monreale to see the Arabo-Norman-Byzantine cathedral. According to Frommer, there’s an old local saying about the cathedral: … Continue reading →

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Sicilia: Day 2—A (Long!) Walk in Palermo

Posted on December 7, 2011 by

On Saturday Kate and I took a walking tour that was recommended in Frommer’s Sicily book, which was an outstanding guide (if you go to Sicily, I recommend it). We had a couple of other guidebooks, but this one turned out to … Continue reading →

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Sicilia: Day 1—Palermo

Posted on December 5, 2011 by

If Italy kicked its boot, the volcanic island of Sicilia would sail across the Mediterranean Sea into northern Africa. Sicilia is 20 minutes by ferry from mainland Italy and a mere 120 kilometers from Tunisia. Because of its location in … Continue reading →

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