This year's holiday went to Sicily. I flew into Palermo where I met up with Maria and the little one. We spent three nights in Palermo, a chaotic city. It suffered badly in the bombings of 1943 and it was then rebuilt chaotically - the result of political corruption and the Mafia.
One observation about Palermo is that we had difficulties to find good restaurants (well at times any restaurants really) - much harder than we had in the rest of Sicily. It's not supposed to be this way - according to the articles online it is a gastronomic centre. We also observed, however, that there was no shortage of, nor was it difficult to find, funeral homes.
We stayed at the classical Grand Hotel et des Palmes on Via Roma, where the famous 1957 Palermo Mafia summit allegedly took place (it has been questioned whether it really took place). Very nice hotel right in the middle of Palermo. Right down the street was San Domenico. Very nice basilica - both outside...
One observation about Palermo is that we had difficulties to find good restaurants (well at times any restaurants really) - much harder than we had in the rest of Sicily. It's not supposed to be this way - according to the articles online it is a gastronomic centre. We also observed, however, that there was no shortage of, nor was it difficult to find, funeral homes.
We stayed at the classical Grand Hotel et des Palmes on Via Roma, where the famous 1957 Palermo Mafia summit allegedly took place (it has been questioned whether it really took place). Very nice hotel right in the middle of Palermo. Right down the street was San Domenico. Very nice basilica - both outside...
...and inside
Typical Palermo flat....
...and street
Motorbikes were unsurprisingly common.
Although we had problems finding restaurants there were plenty of markets around.
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