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Little Blue

8/4/2014

 
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We are in love with the new Fiat which has been named "Little Blue"  It is a stick shift, which means Britt will only drive it going up the steepest, most narrow, cobblestone, roads!  It is a great little car.  We were tired from yesterday so chose not to walk anywhere today but to drive through beautiful countryside to reach our goal which was the hilltop town of Calascibetta.  On the way we found an ancient necropolis which we explored and found that someone is "squatting" in the largest.  Once we made it to Calascibetta we decided that we needed to get to the very top of the town so we could take some photos of Enna.  The streets in the town are narrow, one way and  filled with parked cars.  We waved at all the locals as we passed by them but on the third time by they stopped waving and just thought we were crazy.  Which we believed we were when we drove drove straight up on a tiny road, over the summit of the road only to land at a dead end at the edge of the cliff.  We couldn't turn around; there was no room to turn around; there was also no room to open the car doors.  To get out, we drove the same road only backwards! Yep, and we didn't even smash into any of the buildings, but we did smell the engine of the car as it tried its best to get us out of the spot we were in!  It was fun! We never made it to the top because it was fenced off around the castle and even though Britt tried,in her dress to climb the fence, it couldn't be done.

Tonight we are heading for the castle in Enna and ordering pizza.
john link
8/4/2014 07:40:11 am

looks like fun guys-we miss you


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