Trapani

Made it to Trapani, two and a half hours from Agrigento. Now we are experiencing the west side of Sicily.

Our two bedroom apartment has a peek-a-boo view of the harbour, but we can hear the waves crashing.

We checked out the waterfront and took a little walkabout to get our bearings.

Our hotel’s roof top deck is really cool – not too many people ever up there, but we caught the sunset from there.

And this cool lit window:

The next morning, we set out to see the famous fish market here, only to find it abandoned and devoid of people and fish. Closed on Mondays apparently.

Saw this cool statue along the way though.

Trapani, and all of Sicily so far really, is a real combination of sadly abandoned and neglected, and beautifully created and detailed.

We did see some fishermen’s nets. We also saw a few men mending their nets, but I didn’t have the guts to ask them for a photo – it just felt a bit intrusive (even for me).

The churches, of course, are all gorgeous inside.

Lunch was a shared panini and two piccolo birra alla spina (small draft beers)

While we spent the day just wandering around Trapani, Joan and Mike went on an adventure to the little hill top village of Erice. Sounds like it was wonderful, and when they returned, they joined us on the roof top deck for cocktails.

Shenanigans ensued . . .

And for my “Donna” friends:

That’s it for tonight – tomorrow is going to be a beach day at an actual beach club. Sounds very fancy, but we are going to give it a try. Then there are possible plans for a unique photo op at sunset, but we will see if we make it that far. Buona notte tutti . . .