So, Palermo is up in the north of Sicily. It's a port town that has many ferries & cruise ships dock here. Today we toured it - last night it just look 'okay' but today....WOW! We went into 2 of the most spectacular churches I have ever seen. Both were decorated in tiles - the whole thing...walls, ceiling, flooring...amazing.
One was named Monreale, up in the mountain side - it was absolutely breathtaking. All the main scenes from the book of Genesis were done in tiles around the top of the santuary...gold being the main color. Then above the alter was a huge mosaic of Jesus....who was 21 ft tall!!! It was absolutely unreal!! So hard to describe - I'll have to upload pics to you can see them!!
Wandered around town after lunch. My amigos went back to the hotel and I kept wandering and just after I left them, I crossed another road down by the National theater only to be a witness to a car take out a moped. Mopeds are EVERYWHERE here...and they are crazy suckers! They don't break for ANYTHING or ANYONE, so pedestrian BEWARE!... Yep, well this lady must not have seen this twenty year old and she went sprawling, her helmet went flying...cops showed up...ambulance a little while later....ticked off drivers honking their horns.... ahhhh, the peaceful sounds of Sicily....
Tonight is our Farewell dinner....for those not going to Tunisia...that's not me, but we get a good dinner out of it. Have made some new amigos...the EF staff has taken great care of us! We get our luggage portered to our room...nice!! My mom would love that!!
Hope everyone survived the crazy, windy weather back home & that you have power!
**steph :)
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