We found Poo but Piglet was nowhere to be seen

Greetings to all the hard workers and retirees out there. The author of this
blog is taking a break (cooking dinner) so time for me to step up to the
plate.

We did manage to leave our home of 4 weeks and head out to Palermo. We found
the parking lot (our home for the night) with a slight detour and managed to
avoid any accidents. These people drive like maniacs, road signs, road
markings etc have no meaning at all. Anyway we spent a pleasant afternoon
wandering around the streets of Palermo, avoiding all the dog poo on the
pavements. Seems like most of the city is being rebuilt. We visited the
cathedral, the seafront and spent a few hours in bookshops trying to find a
book we are after. Went back to the van and joined our Ipswich neighbours
(Kevin & Libby) for tea, they had been at the same site as us in Finale.
They told us about the Cappucinni Catacombs that were up the road from the
parking. There are 8000 bodies there, mostly hanging from the walls, some of
them still look quite life-like while others are almost skeletons. We saw
the leaflet they got from there and the pictures are quite funny - there's a
picture of a couple that look like they're talking to each other. They said
that some of them look like their arms might be falling off as they are
dropping out of their sleeves. Needless to say we rushed there to see them
the next day but it wasn't to be, they were closed on Wednesdays. Were we
disappointed or what ! You're probably thinking we've got sick minds but it
would have been very interesting. Before leaving Palermo we saw some
amazing mosaics in a church and a great food market - there's was loads of
fish for sale but it would've been too smelly to cook it in the van.

We then went on to Sferracavallo, described as a small fishing hamlet in the
guide books, what a dump. We managed one night there and left the following
morning to go to Mondello, an idyllic beach resort that is frequented by the
rich in summer (and us in winter). It did have a nice beach and really yummy
cakes. Then we went on to Castellamare del Gulfo, another town on the coast.
We stayed at a sosta (motorhome parking) that was a bit of a shock when we
first got there, not what we were used to but for 10 euros a night we
couldn't complain. We spent 3 days there. The Ipswich couple were there as
well so we did loads of socialising and the odd walk into town.

Today we went to Segesta, to see the temple and theatre from 416 - 424 BC.
We then took a drive through the countryside up to San Vito Lo Capo. Passed
a lovely beach where loads of motorhomes were rough camping and all going to
plan we shall be trying it out tomorrow night - free accommodation. Will let
you know how we get on.

The sun is still shining on us!
Ciao
M & S