Today was another surprise. Having entered the city of Palermo you would never guess what treasures lay around the corner. I have been re-evaluating my initial perception on so many of the places we have visited so far. Upon first view of most of these citites you would dismiss them without a second guess. It has been once you get off the beaten track that you find these gob smackingly beautiful spots. Today I saw so many things, I will list them here and only ...

Now let me preface this entry with - Yes I know its another bloody ruin site, but you need to see them as I have. Today was nice though. The ruin site at Segesta was very easy to navigate, and they are beautifully looked after. The best part were the amazing views from the top temple looking down into the valley below. Very cool. Check out the picture of me and a lady named Angie, there has been no trick photography used here. We got a lot of attention from our...

Today we visited the ruins at Selinunte and the island of Mozia just off of the coast of Marsala. Selinunte was beautiful and has mostly been untouched, theres lots of history there, but too much to go into here. It took three hours to cross Sicilia to get to Marsala. Again with the bus! But once we got there the island we visited was well worth it. To get to Mozia we needed to take a ferry. There was our group plus around 25 primary school students. They turn...

Today was a sad day, as we had to leave Lipari. I think we all wanted more time there, it's so beautiful. But alas, more adventures await our weary group. We boarded the ferry from Lipari pretty early as we had a lot of ground to cover. Our first stop, once we reached Sicilia, was a place called Taormina. It's right on top of a hill, and is mostly well known for the beautiful Greek theatre it has. I was told it still gets used for performances and operas, which ...

Today I took off my watch for the first time and left it in my room. It was marvellous. I was not conscious of the time for almost the whole day. Things just happened when they happened. Today was a roam free day in Lipari. I chose to relax on one of the lazy lounges by the ocean for most of the morning. I went down to the piazzetta for lunch, explored the cathedral on the mountain and then had a gelato, a coffee and a rum babba from the best little pasteceria (...