Sicily, You Had Me at Cannoli!
From The Godfather villages to Greek temples, this island completely stole the show.
The beds were a bit hard and unlike most of the rooms we’d stayed in there was no coffee machine or kettle, but it was cheap and 5 minutes from the ferry terminal in Villa San Giovanni.
Thus our Sicily adventure began and I LOVED it!
The next morning, bleary-eyed and fuelled by caffeine, we rolled onto the ferry to Messina.
It’s only about 25 minutes, long enough for a loo break, a decent coffee, and a hopeful glance across the Strait to see Mount Etna. Spoiler: we couldn’t. She was either hiding behind a blanket of cloud or was situated further round the island, we weren’t sure which.
Markets, Music & More Time Needed!
From Messina we headed straight for Palermo, detouring through Cefalù, a beautiful little seaside town with a Norman cathedral, medieval lanes and lots of brave sunbathers on the beach (not quite warm enough for me. I still had my hoody tied round my waist as a backup!)
Palermo took us completely by surprise. I’m not sure what I was expect…
