Travel

The Journey Home — Day 10 — Cefalu/Palermo

The ferry ride from Calabria to Sicily was much quicker than we had anticipated, less than 1/2 hour. So we arrived before our driver, so naturally we had a pastry. It was about a two hour drive from Messina to Cefalu and we arrived just in time for lunch with my good friend Francesco Curione from 007 Italian Records and his friend Andrea Fonti. I interviewed Francesco in January of 2021 and we have been friends ever since.

Check out our interview here.

We had the best day with Andrea and Francesco, who gave us a walking tour of Cefalu including the beach, the Duomo, downtown and then a special treat, the Spritz! The spritz became the cocktail of choice for the rest of the trip. What is pretty neat, is that everywhere you go they also provide you with some sort of snack to go with your drink.

We hated to leave, but alas, our driver showed up to bring us to Palermo.

Palermo is like a small big city, with a great street scene at night. It was pretty amazing to watch our driver navigate his way through the streets to finally get us to the hotel.

We were right in the heart of all the action and many streets are filled with restaurants that come to life after 7:30. Our first nights dinner had us on a very busy and loud street. Not something we are accustomed to but it turned out to be fun and we felt like we were a part of this vibrant city.

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