We began our day by walking over to one of the most famous churches in Palermo. You can really see the Arab influence in the architecture, it's quite impressive. I tried to limit how many different areas I took pictures of because you could literally take hundreds and not capture everything there is to see!! We bought a ticket to see all the different areas, which included a climb to the top, the crypts, and the tombs. The stairs to the top were much deeper than ...

I realized this morning that I haven't taken any pictures of our apartment here in Palermo. So I tidied up a bit and snapped away. It looks just like it did in the online photos--small but has everything we need and for a fraction of the price of a hotel. It's on the first floor, which in Europe is a flight of stairs up, they call the bottom floor the ground floor. It was kind of scary that first night we arrived, because we felt like we were going down a little ...

I know I sound like a broken record, but this weather just couldn't be better! I thought Palermo might be more humid, but not so far. And with sunny skies and a high of 65, it's been a delight! I woke up with a really bad eye infection, so I'm back on antibiotics, hoping it clears up enough for me to take our tour to the Corleone museum tomorrow. I mostly did laundry and rested today. The European washing machines make me long for home...you put 2 pairs of blue j...

Our tail feathers were dragging a bit this morning since we had such a late night. Not to mention sleeping in a strange place--although the bed is very comfy and a king size to boot, so no complaints! We took a food tour and were only about a 5 minute walk from the meeting place. Our guide, Marco, actually owns the company and was quite the character. He is a native of Palermo and you could tell he loves his job. Everywhere we went, people were calling out to him...

I can't believe our cruise is over, it went way too fast! We met up with Pam & Mike early, got a bite and then said farewell to them. They were headed to Rome for a couple of days of tours, and we are flying out of Rome to Palermo, Sicily. Our bus to Rome left right on time and we got to the airport around 11:00 am. We tried to check in our big suitcase, but were told we could only drop it off 3 hours before our flight--which meant 2:30. Ugh. So, we lugged i...