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Buongiorno everyone,
Saturday 27/06/09 we start are journey to Sicily, the campsite had to close the road to allow us out as it is so steep with some horrors of hairpins, followed with a trip around the mountains , where locals were painting a zebra crossing by hand, then a bridge half washed away with a small warning triangle 10ft beforehand, topped by a shepherd with a herd of goats on a main road. All roads on Sicily are amazingly quiet where tunnels and bridges are individually named, some of the tunnels are over mile long, We ended are day at Castel Di Tusa in a small but friendly site, the nearest supermarket is 60 miles away we stocked up as best we could in the village shop (we cant even find decent shops that sells milk or coffee on route). The tomtom came into her own again with so many winding roads (tracks) . On Sunday we did what we do best (nothing)
On Monday we headed into Palermo to get are ferry tickets for Sardina as we couldn't get them on line, a serious load up on food, as pasta is getting menotonous, and a ATM. the ferry bit was easy, a decent shop was the hard bit, the tomtom guide us to them, but they had either no parking or the streets were too narrow for the camper, we eventually found one on the outskirts (our cupboards are now overloaded). Palermo is a toilet, rubbish everywhere, the locals are rude and ignorant (Harry our dog had better manners than them), I wouldn't recommend a stop there.
We travelled on to San Vito Lo Capo on the north western tip of the island, a lovely little town that is quite spanish as it was once occupied by them, a great big sandy beach with turquoise seas (oh yes its hot and so is the sea), A large supermarket, several ATMs and shops a plenty (you knew it just would), We are staying here untill sunday, It seems english is spoken even less here, so its lots of hand waving, si & grazie apart from the little old man at the internet shop who can say " identifcation and 3 euros" fluently, theres none spoken anywhere. As for daily entertainment, its amazing watching the italians on the beach all vying for the front row by the sea spot, they all squeeze in so tight, but have to get that spot at all cost, 10ft back theres less room in the sahara desert as they sit eating and shouting at each other in there bedwin tented encampment, untill they depart for lunch, even the odd German is impressed (shame they didnt put in the effort in 1940)
Friday 03/07/09
We heard the dolcet tones of a Englishman (well from Manchester), This was the first time since we left Sorrento 10 days ago, he is an english teacher in Milan (does that mean they say "Eh up mother"), he told us even the italians dont understand the sicilian way of life and language.
Sunday
our last day in Sicily, we went to the beach as the ferry wasn't untill midnight, the whole of sicily turned out to say goodbye as you can see in the pictures, we have never been on a beach so busy ( and noisey), every inch was snapped up, we felt we had to share our towels with people, as they were so close, (b*****s never shared their lunch though) only body odour and conversations. Sunday evening we made the hour journey to Trapani for our ferry. At 2100hrs the Toscana our ship, silently moored, just like the death star from star wars, She's huge, blazing with lights, so its goodbye to Sicily and tomorrow hello Sardina
An overview of Sicily, it has some great scenery and some lovely areas,(rustic towns and sandy coves) and the weather has been 30 degree+ with cloud less skys, But the flipside is the smelly rubbish, and obnoxious attitude towards foreign tourists & Italians from the mainland ruins it, and its starting to get very commercialized as this week has progressed.
Scrabble score 19-13 to Oonagh
Arrivederci & prego for now The Chaffers
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