Night location: Palermo A Muse of the day: Tonight we attended an orchestral concert at the famous Teatro Massimo. We were unsure as to what type of music would be played but having only paid 5 Euros we were unconcerned. To begin, the orchestra played a piece that was reminiscent of cats in a bag with hints of nails down a chalk board. The second piece highlighted the sounds of an ambulance siren and an air raid attack and finished with a sustained 'gong like...

Night Location: Palermo A Muse of the Day: After a lengthy Pizzeria lunch (we managed to order pizza at lunch!) we decided to visit the Palermo Cathedral. On entering the Cathedral we were informed that to climb to the roof we had to leave in five minutes. After two minutes we were told to proceed up the 108 steps. The steps were double depth and wound around in a tight circle so by the top we were all feeling slightly ill because the cheese pizza had barely sett...

Night Location: Palermo, Italy A Muse of the Day: In search of a lunch stop, the plan was originally to go to Selinunte, however 2KM out of town, David saw a sign to Menfi and immediately deviated off route as he recalled our Agrigento guide saying something about food at Menfi. 15km on a windy road later we arrived to find Menfi high on a hill, derelict and closed. We then continued to Porto Palo where 1KM from Centro, Pablo sent us right, up a hill, and then ba...

Night Location: Agrigento, Italy A Muse of the Day: After a busy morning of the many steps in Caltagirone, we had our hearts set on Margherita Pizza for lunch. After parking the car we came across a restaurant pizzeria, sat down, ordered water, attempted to order Quattro pizzas only to be told that, "No pizzas today." Unbelievable! During the night there was a terrific thunderstorm so we awoke this morning to rain and thought all was lost for our day exploring t...

Night Location: Caltagirone, Italy A Muse of the Day: Our Citroen C4 Picasso has a built in GPS that we have named Pablo. Pablo is definitely a close relation of Claude as he also enjoys sending us down precarious, winding and narrow roads. He struggles to count exits off roundabouts and has great difficulty pronouncing the street names to our amusement. Today David was our fearless driver through the Sicilian countryside and Gareth was our Pablo interpreter. We...