Today (Saturday) Germaine and I had the entire day to explore Sicily. Sicily is home to high towering mountains and gorgeous beaches. A top tourist attraction of the island is Mount Etna which is the island’s towering volcano. Our hostel was in the center of Palermo, which was one of the largest cities on the island. We wanted to try and stay out of the city as much as possible and see the surrounding small villages but kept Palermo as our base. Our original plan for Saturday was to rent Vespas and explore the island’s small costal towns. We ended up sleeping in a little and then we headed out to rent our Vespas. After getting lost we finally found the place to rent the scooters but by then the place was closed for the afternoon. Instead we decided to wander around and find an open scooter place and make a reservation for Sunday. After three long hours of wandering the city and constantly asking people for places, we decided that our dream of renting Vespas on Sicily might not come true. Most of the places were either closed since it was the afternoon or did not offer rentals during the winter months. The language barrier also made it difficult since many did not understand what we were looking for. After giving up on our quest, we decided to walk along the marina and the park overlooking the Mediterranean. The views were absolutely gorgeous. After the temperature started to drop and the whipping winds from the water started to increase, we decided to head back to our hostel in town and get ready for dinner.
The night before we found that it was very hard to find restaurants in Palermo. We decided to just wander and hopefully we would just run into one. After walking around we took a turn down a small dark alleyway where we smelled what we thought was delicious burgers. The end of the alleyway opened up into a large square that was bustling with people and had outside restaurants galore. Most were offering drinks and kebabs that smelled amazing. We finally settled upon a restaurant off the square that opened up into an alleyway. No one spoke English but we were able to point to other’s food. We ordered a kebab sandwich, kebab platter and fries. The entire meal was absolutely amazing. It was incredible to have food that differed from the pizza and pasta I am so accustomed to eating back in Rome. After enjoying my meal and people watching Sicilians in the square, we headed home. Overall, even though we were not able to fulfill our original plans of renting Vespas, our day turned out to be very successful.
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