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| Three hop-on hop-off bus routes gave us good coverage of the city |
One of the best things to do when you are in a new city - for us at least, is to hop on the hop-on hop-off bus/s and that is exactly what we did. In fact we spent most of the day traveling around the three routes (twice in some cases) in and out of rain. My camera ran hot trying to get a taste of the city - it's a mish-mash of buildings, windows, doors, shutters, streets, people, alleyways and arches, towers and gutters, old and new, grand and impoverished. Many of the pix are slanted because they've been taken out the window as the bus has rushed past. This post shows our morning explorations.
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| A bird on a lamppost on a spire! |
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| Here and there street markets |
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| Institute of Human Physiology - my kind of place |
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| Another hole in the wall - with a plant |
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| Part of an old city wall perhaps |
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| The wheel shop - a few are dotted around Palermo |
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| An intriguing doorway |
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| Giuseppe Garibalbi fought for the unification of Italy |
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| Archways, doorways to more and more |
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| A side street |
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| Electric scooters here too! |
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| Important to be prepared with your plastic! |
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| The goose-breast balustrades are curved for the ladies' large skirts |
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| Dusting off your souvenirs |
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The orange domed Church of San Cataldo is an example of
Arab-Norman architecture. This was built in 1154 |
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| The papershop |
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C16 'Fountain of Shame' features numerous nude statues and reliefs.
Many objected hence the name |
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| A moped |
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| Jewellery shop |
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| A Neoclassical and Art Nouveau-style theatre |
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| My dream car - when I was younger! |
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| Aperol Spritz became my favourite thirst -uencher |
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| And here at Biga we stopped for a delicious fresh-cooked 'pizza' and a cool drink. |
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