Today was our last day in Buonfornello with my parents.
We decided to head over to Cefalu and have a look around there in the morning before we left for Palermo in the early evening.
Originally we were going to take a flight to Naples from Palermo at a decent time of 12.45pm, but Alitalia cancelled the flight so we were forced to take the 8.55am.
Italian domestic flights require passengers to check in 2 hours prior to departure, so we would have had to arrive at 6.55am, allowing 90 minutes from Buonfornello travel time, that meant we would have been up almost before we went to bed!
We instead decided we would spend our final night in Palermo. But, not before we spent our last day seeing some more of beautiful Sicily.
Cefalu is another gorgeous, medieval town, the centerpiece being the huge Norman built cathedral in the middle of the main square.
I had originally researched apartments for us to stay in this area, and think it would have been a lovely place to stay. It was filled with lovely restaurants, and pastry stores, so we would have been just fine here
Unfortunately, the rain arrived, and stopped our fun. Walking the cobblestoned streets of a tiny town like Cefalu is no fun in the rain, and because the streets have been worn smooth with the hundreds and hundreds of years of traffic, it was also very slippery.
Luckily for us, our driver Calogero arrived before we all resembled drowned rats and took us home.
We packed our things up and heading for Palermo, amidst tears. Funny how my Mum always cried whenever I go away! I love you Mum!!!!!
The norman cathedral in Cefalu, there was a christening in progress when we went inside
We arrived at our hotel in Palermo about 7pm, just enough time to settle in and find something to eat.
The hotel was pretty old but so gorgeous! The ceilings in the room must have been 15 feet high and it was right on a main street filled with shops that made D’arcy’s eyes bug out of her head.
We had a fantastic meal at a local trattoria where they served two amazing courses for 10Euro! Yup 10Euro! We couldn’t believe it! The food was incredible, and we rolled back to the room with full bellies and dreams of Positano bouncing around in our heads, unfortunately, there would be no 10Euro meals there!
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Hi guys, I am loving the Blog Fran a fabulous fun read. I am very envious, the photo's are magnificent and if you have to get out of bed everyday then this is what you want to wake up to!
Love to all LJ
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