Karen has flown back to Canada but will continue to add some blog items from the home country! Thank you Karen for leading me into this three month adventure! Travelling with you was pure delight.
Enough about Karen! *S* Keith and I wandered through the Baroqueness of Trapani, then spent the late afternoon and evening in Erice. (The above view is from the tower) We couldn't drive up to Erice, the road and town was closed because there is a race car event this weekend. We took the tram up and back. The tram was cool, 9 euros each for a two way trip from the base of the mountain to the base of the Gothic church at the top. We went up the church tower and through a series of churches. We went inside the Gothic.
We wandered through the town and it was virtually empty. There were about 100 tourists tops because of it all being shut down. We walked through a number of streets and were the only folks there. We sat for a beer in the main square and had a lovely young, thin, handsome man as the waiter, whose passion is "English" he studies the language all the time, watches English YouTube and American cinema movies. He seems to be around 25 years old and was a pure delight. He spoke as much English to us as possible and he gently corrected our Italian. It was fun.
We found our way back to Scopello just fine, and were greeted at the gate by Ellena and Dario, who have been exceptional hosts. His web site is sunsetinitaly.it (which I haven't looked at yet) If you have a car and plan to stay in the Scopello area this is a perfect and beautiful spot to stay.
It is now Sunday morning. Keith and I are heading in to Palermo and are staying in the North District where we plan to see as much art and architecture as possible.
Enough about Karen! *S* Keith and I wandered through the Baroqueness of Trapani, then spent the late afternoon and evening in Erice. (The above view is from the tower) We couldn't drive up to Erice, the road and town was closed because there is a race car event this weekend. We took the tram up and back. The tram was cool, 9 euros each for a two way trip from the base of the mountain to the base of the Gothic church at the top. We went up the church tower and through a series of churches. We went inside the Gothic.
We wandered through the town and it was virtually empty. There were about 100 tourists tops because of it all being shut down. We walked through a number of streets and were the only folks there. We sat for a beer in the main square and had a lovely young, thin, handsome man as the waiter, whose passion is "English" he studies the language all the time, watches English YouTube and American cinema movies. He seems to be around 25 years old and was a pure delight. He spoke as much English to us as possible and he gently corrected our Italian. It was fun.
We found our way back to Scopello just fine, and were greeted at the gate by Ellena and Dario, who have been exceptional hosts. His web site is sunsetinitaly.it (which I haven't looked at yet) If you have a car and plan to stay in the Scopello area this is a perfect and beautiful spot to stay.
It is now Sunday morning. Keith and I are heading in to Palermo and are staying in the North District where we plan to see as much art and architecture as possible.
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