Sicily



Anette

 

Sight seeing in Trapani



I spend a nice weekend in Trapani, Sicily, with great company.
We were a happy crowd flying down to celebrate
Anette's 50th birthday. 

   

Our first day we spend sightseeing and shopping in Trapani, which is a really cute old town. It's not touristy wich made me like it even more! The weather was nice, the sun was shining and it was around 25C (80F). We walked along the streets and the architecture was amazing. Their Cathedrals were really cool and all the houses had really cute balconies with flowers ("just like in the movies"). The streets were super tiny with the smallest cars and no sidewalks. 

In the evening we went to a local restaurant to celebrate our birthday girl with Sicilian food and wine. We had a good time with many laughs, but most of us were really disappointed at the food. I had Swordfish, and my taste buds definitely expected something more special..

 Our second day was mostly spend on a close by little mountain in a really old town called Erice. To get there we took a lift, and that was a cool thing to do. Just gliding slowly in the air watching everything around us.  The old town of Erice was like a fairytale with old castles and towers, and the view was amazing! We also had a nice little lunch with fair enough good pizza. All the "grownups" had rented a house in another part of Sicily so after our adventure in Erice, it was hugs n kisses-good bye.

Waiting for our pizzas

Two of the castles and
towers in Erice

While walking back down town, we did some more shopping and sightseeing before dinner. Today we heard our first "Ciao Bella"s and "Opa"s and we were also loudly called tourists because we walked around in light summer clothes while the Sicilians wore winter coats..

We decided to try out a new restaurant for dinner, which seemed a little more used to tourists, but also this ended up in disappointment. The food in the north of Sicily just isn't good! Whatever yall do, do not order meat/steak. Or grilled octopus.

Eating Italian ice cream :)

Sicily is, over all, a nice place to visit - I just didn't like the food. And I'm not a picky person when it comes to food.. Tho the Italian ice cream is just soooo great! It's delicious!

Waking up for the airport sucked, and later, sitting inside the plane waiting for 4 extra hours to depart sucked even more! First we couldn't leave cause of the fog, and then because of military activity. It was a bonus tho, that we actually got to watch this 'military activity'. The Air force had four planes taking off, just next to us. It's quiet some power in those small planes! 

 

All of us!
Clas, Anette, Ewa, Kjell, Jonna, Evelina, Stefan, Mattias, Me, Joakim