When we arrived in Trapani we had a walk in the small city. It's cozy but there is not much to see. The amazing places you should visit in that area are more in the north, at the seaside, but sadly we didn't have enough time. But, we ate a tasty arancina in a place called U Cartasu, definitely recommend this place, the best ragu arancina so far. Then we found a park which was a bit like a zoo. There were peacocks, turtles, parrots, bunnies and guinea pigs. Oh, and we took a gelato from Panna & Co, that's a really good gelateria. Panna & Company (Tairi) We had to be in Marsala in the evening, so we walked to the road to try hitchhiking. We were standing next to a gas station where the workers were cheering for us and observing the process, but at the same time repeating that pretty much noone is going to Marsala from there. Since we had an hour before the next train, we decided to try anyway. After one hour we realized that we failed again. Most of the people didn't even stop, they were just waving from the car. And the one's who did, wanted money (30€, train ticket was 3€) or were heading to Palermo. So we took a train to Moiza-Birgi (before Marsala) because our host, Gianni, picked us up from there. And what happened next is indescribable. We changed our clothes to swimsuits and walked to an island called Isola Lunga. Long time ago there was some factory and now its not allowed to go there. This place is used to produce salt from the sea. The salt has a pinkish shade that colors the sea also. By the way, there is only one way to get there (unless you have a boat), a walk through the sea. It's about 200m from the shore and the sea is quite shallow. This was the most beautiful place we had ever been to. We arrived about 7pm and the sunset made the scenery even more magic. There are "salt hills", Tairi felt a bit like she was in Estonia, because it seemed like the snow. We made snow (salt) angels and a snow (salt) war. We felt like we were on another planet or we died and this was the heaven. We are really thankful to Gianni because without him would have never been there. After this incredible sunset we went to Gianni's house in Marsala. He and his friends offered us a great selection of local wines & Panna cooked a delicious hungarian dinner. After filling our stomachs with pizza, lecsó and the best liquids of Marsala, we danced pizzica and salsa on the terrace. The hungarians in action DAY 3 In the morning we went to see Marsala. It is a quite small but very cute city. We had a nice cappuccino next to a fountain. It was really hot outside and after a small tour we went to relax in the house. After lunch we took a bus to Agrigento. Our host, Alberto, picked us up and took us to Valle di Templi. The ticket is 5€ if you are under the age of 25. So they asked for our documents. When they checked Tairi's ID card the first question was: where are you from? Estonia. When hearing this answer the worker left to check some papers, came back after a minute and said, ok, you're good to go. That was a strange moment, that it didn't even come to our mind to ask what happened. But later we heard, that to get the discount you need to be from a European country. So probably she went to check the map to refresh her memory about Europe. In the Valle di Templi we met with some other couchsurfers, who were also staying with our host. We had a nice time sharing travel experiences with them. The place itself was amazing. We arrived by the time of sunset, the best time to visit the valley, because firstly, it was not so hot anymore and secondly, the light from the sunset coloured the place so beautifully. When it got really dark our other host, Ignazio (because actually we got 2 hosts on couchsurfing for that night, but anyway they were friends who were hosting in the same house), picked us up and took us home. We ate a lot of delicious pizza, had funny conversations about couchsurfing experiences and later went to a bar on the beach. There were not so many people, but we had a lot of fun dancing to the DJ's Spotify playlist, even though he didn't have premium and we had to listen to the advertisements all the time. In the end of the party he started to play Sud Sound System and pizzica. So it ended up to be a very traditional Salento night. DAY 4 After a long adventurous night we woke up at 11.00. The plan was to go to Scala dei Turchi, but we soon understood that we were far from the city. Alberto had left to Palermo and Ignazio said he could take us to the center in the afternoon by the time we had the bus. So with bleeding hearts we had to forget about visiting the incredible seaside. That was a relaxing morning. We ate pizza leftovers for breakfast, walked around the neighborhood and enjoyed some gelato. Also, we started to plan our trip to our next host Gaetano, who we had to reach on a beach in the middle of nowhere, a beautiful calm place called Torre di Mezzo...
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