Friday

So this is the last entry from Italia. We've enjoyed our last day in Palermo and are now headed to bed for an early wake-up for our departure flight. No definitive pics to add tonight either.

Palermo is a gritty city. Lots of old buildings in the downtown area. Lots of traffic. Tourists. But many modern shopping places and a vibrant feel to the area. Our book will give more details.

Both 2 and I are ready for some Iowa culture. And we're tired. Personally, I'd like a glass of the Jack London Cabernet, just to reset my palet to an American taste sensation, regardless of the Italian wine history. And we'd like our own bathrooms and other daily conveniences.

Here's a quick hit-list of our best experiences on the trip:

1. The passage across the straits of Messina.
2. Aetna
3. Pompeii
4. Siracusa
5. The Temples in Agrigento.
6. The seaside landscape in Agrigento.
7. The landscape on the drive to Palermo.
8. Our dinner in Siracusa.
9. The ferry ride to Isle of Capri.
10. The seaside day in Salerno.

I want to give props to 2 as Daughter of the Day. Who wants to spend 10 days, most every waking hour, on the road in strange places, with decisions required constantly, with anyone? Let alone your Old Man? You've been a wonderful traveling companion, Kiddo. Thanks for the memories!



The schedule tomorrow is brutal. Early departure from the hotel. 0800 local flight to Rome. (Guess what time we get up? And then translate the 7 hour time difference to your time.) Our connection to Chicago is an eleven hour flight! Yikes!! Then a three hour drive to the QCA. Coffee may not even cause a stir on Sunday AM.

We've done a pretty good job on our journals. The promised book will definitely get done. Lots of pics to bore our readers!

Thanks for reading. Twitter updates from the road tomorrow.

Ciao...for a last time!

BCOT