Last weekend we booked a pet-friendly hotel in Palermo and spent Sat & Sun exploring the city. Palermo is the capital, and largest city in Sicily. We really loved it. Our hotel was walking distance to all the ancient sites to visit, and lots of modern shopping, restaurants and bars/pubs. The best sites were the ancient cathedral, open air markets, ancient fountain and the catacombs. If you're not familiar with the catacombs- go here; http://motomom.tripod.com/index-3.html ; it was the most surreal thing I have ever seen- real dead bodies within arms reach on display. The mystery is to why some are so well preserved and others aren't. Some of the 300 year old bodies still had skin and hair. The most bizarre is the 2 year old girl, who died in 1920 and looks like a sleeping doll. She is perfectly preserved. Its unreal. Unfortunately we were not allowed to take pictures here, but definitely look at the website!
On Sunday we made a stop in the town of Cefalu, a famous beach town. It has a beautiful city center and cathedral as well. We all enjoyed a weekend at a hotel with lots of sightseeing fun. ( Sophie too)
All tuckered out from a busy weekend.
Recently I've started a 3 hr/week Italian language class and have been working on Rosetta stone. Slowly but surely its coming along! I just booked a trip home in April for some job training and Julie's bridal shower, and Gabe and I are coming to Boston together June 26-July 12th. The Salinas' will be meeting us in Boston too! So things are going great, we're still having an awesome experience and can't wait to come home for a visit!!
