On a rainy Monday morning at 7.25 we sat on a bus in Lecce and started our journey to Sicily. The trip took 13 hours (ofcourse with some delays) and finally in the evening we arrived to Palermo. This time we are travelling with a hungarian girl Panna (cotta) who we met during our last trip, the couchsurfers summer camp, on the coast of Amalfi. On the ferry to Messina, Sicily When we got on the bus in Lecce we still didn't know where we were going to stay in Palermo. So we had a mission to find a host by the time we arrive. After sleeping for a while we started scrolling the couchsurfing app. At 10.32 we got a message from a sicilian guy Gabriele who accepted our request to stay the first night at his home. Little did we know at that moment how lucky we will be with our host. When we arrived to his beautiful appartment he greeted us warmly with his friend Mariano. We took a shower and headed out to explore the city at nighttime. We knew that in Sicily the most famous streetfood was Arancina. It is a fried meatball with rice and ragu. This is the original one, but we ate also with ham&cheese and salmon. We have tried in Lecce, but this one was so much better. After these, Sofi needed something sweet so she tried cannole. This is a local dessert with ricotta in side of a cooke type pastry (amaaaazing). Then we went to a very strange/hippie/alternative party district called Vucciria. The bulidings were destroyed during the 2nd world war, they were never renovated and the artists are making incredible graffities on the walls. While waiting for a drink in the bar, one local man started to convice me (T.) to drink his vodka, because i am from Estonia and apparently that's what we do... To my surprise everyone who I talked to knew Estonia, and were sharing their knowledge about drinking vodka and the main keyword was always Russia. We finished the evening playing games in the house of our host and had loads of fun until 4 am. Day 1 We woke up around 10 and went to have a breakfast in a caffeteria. The easiest way to spend too much money is to feel superhungry and step into the first bar that you see. We ended up paying 7€ for a cappuccino and panino (that's the price of 3 and a half arancine!!). When I (T.) started ordening I had the feeling of taking a sweet pastry, so I did. The idea of having a nice cappuccino and a nutella crossaint in a beautiful morning in Palermo was just so appealing. 2 minutes later I realised, heey Tairi, you still don't like sweet breakfast! So I went back to change the order to a sandwich. Anyway, food was good and with full energy we went to the center and visited the cathedral of Palermo. We were wandering around Palermo, following Panna who has become our map reader and trying to find places we should see. Luckily our dear host Gabriele came to save us. He walked us to beautiful places, which we didn't even know to look for. For example a rooftop of Rinascente with a panorama view. We also entered the City Hall like we owned it. It is always the best idea to explore the city with locals to firstly, not to waste time finding your way to places and secondly, who know the city better than people who have been living there all their lives? He also took us to a park with very old and big trees called Ficus. And of course we visited the famoua market Ballarò. Unfortuantely or fortunately we didn't buy anything. We thought there will also be a second hand clothes part or old books, but no. Thanks a lot, Gabriele, for opening you house to us and showing the best of Palermo. After another supertasty arancina we walked to Catacombe dei Cappuccini. It is a really cool underground place where you can see dead people hanging around. There are skeletons from long time ago wearing their original clothes. It costs 3€ and is totally worth visiting. Something for Game Of Thrones fans. We have no photos to share, because it was not allowed take pics, but google helps. In the evening we took a bus to Mondello to enjoy the seaside. According to Panna's iPhone's health app we walked 22km that day. Exhausting, but a memorable day. That night we slept in the house of a french EVS. DAY 2 We woke up early in the morning and took a bus to near the autostrada, to hitchhike to Trapani or Marsala. The spot we decided to start was terrible for stopping cars, so finally after 30 mins of bad luck, one lady took us to the busstation. And after 90 more minutes we arrived in Trapani.
To be continued..
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