We flew into Palermo last night rather later than expected, checked in and went in search of food. We found enough albeit not a stiff drink which we both needed. Palermo!
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| Magnificent opera house glowing in the night sky |
Since a short visit to Sicily in the 1980s I have wanted to revisit. What a rich history! The Phoenicians, the Cathagians, the Greeks, the Romans and Arabs, the Normans. As we travel we learn so much about human conquest and domination - dare I say insatiable greed for power and land ownership. Those conquester were not always, probably never, pretty but we are here in a very pedestrian time. Delightful.
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| Breakfast view - the back of the opera house we saw ast night set agains a mountains backdrop |
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| Central Palermo streets is all pedestrian |
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| Huge ferries steam in and out dwarfed by those gargantuan cattle carriers AKA cruise ship |
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| Good Sicilian wine |
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| My dinner - sardines, anchovies and fennel |
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| Everyone was out strolling with friends and children. So urbane, so Italian. |
Today we indulged in a quiet day topped off with a stroll through the ‘mall’ that consitutes central Palermo, stopping for wine and sweet collapse-in-your-hands sticky cannoli. For dinner a Sicilian dish - Bucatini (reminding me of what we had when I was a child) with sardines, anchovies, pine-nuts and wild fennel. Served with turmeric bread and oil. Delicious. Tomorrow we explore more - but still taking it easy.
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