Palermo 1

Our hotel has a breakfast room with a view - right out over the port in one direction and into the rocky mountains in the other. Breakfast was pretty good too.

The weather is hot and a little humid but we have walked many kilometres already. Being Sunday most shops are closed, as are the churches and other attractions.

We went to Mass at the Chiesa San Domenico. This is more of a regular parish church rather than an historic monument like dozens of others we have seen. The older ones date from the 1100s to the 1600s with Moor, Arab and Norman influences.

We are doing the Sicilian thing and enjoying La Pausa - 2.5 hours at home before we head out again. At least it has given me time to catch up with the Blog when the internet is faster, and also to write the journal and maybe look at the email.

After the rest we went to see the Cathedral. It is absolutely huge and was built in the 1100s on even older foundations. The photo shows only about one third of it!

We finished the day as we started - on the 7th floor balcony, but this time with cool drinks in hand and watching today's ferries arrive and depart.