La Dolce Vita - Cefalu!

Trapani and Cefalu are like night and day! A train ride a few hours east and we are living the sweet life! Here is a peek into life in Cefalu. We've only been here a few days and have much to explore and share. Enjoy!

We are walking on the beach towards Cefalu.

 View from the beach towards Naples.

 Kirsty walking on the beach.

Moi!

After leaving the beach, we walk up the Corso towards the Duomo Plaza.

The Duomo. More pictures of the Duomo in a later blog.

Across from the Duomo and turn left onto Via Mandralisca to our apartment.

Mandralisca.

From the street, into our courtyard.

 View of the courtyard from our apartment. It is only 3 bedrooms and two bathrooms, but we cope as best we can.

 We head down Madralisca onto Via Vittorio Emanuele towards the marina.

 138 steps from our courtyard and we are at the arch leading to the old marina.

 Through the arch. The marina is no  longer used to launch boats since they built a new port about a kilometer east of here.

 The marina sea wall is a great place to take in the sun in the afternoon.

 The view back from the sea wall towards Cefalu and "La Rocca" the big rock with medieval walls around the top. The ruins of a castle are up there as well. More on La Rocca once we get up there!

 Ruins of a tower over by the new port.

 Some sweets for Sharry!

 Often times the walls were made with the rubble from past buildings.

 This is a medieval wash room under Via Emanuelle. It is fed by a freshwater spring that empties on the other side of the wall into the sea.

 The rocks that look like headstones are what the clothes were scrubbed on.

The vegetables are soooo tasty here (and very inexpensive). I've never seen redder tomatoes!

Peace my friends!

Cappuccino and Cake.

The crema on this cappuccino is molto bene!

Pistachios are in a lot of foods in Sicily, but none better than this piece of cake.

Peace!

Parking

It should come as no surprise that since the Italian drivers completely ignore most driving laws, including stop signs, their parking is a joy as well.

 Very typical park job.

 Why park on the street when you can park on the sidewalk? It also doesn't matter which way you are facing when you park.

 Best parallel parking, Italian-style.

What?? We fit in here.

Caio

Trapani

Some of the sites around Trapani. If You are looking to visit Sicily, Trapani is worth about 2 days of touristing about, especially the old town.

 View from the beach towards Sardinia.

A few pictures of the fishing boats in Trapani.

Do-it-yourself anchor.

Apparently red and blue are the colors of the day.

Three fishermen having a chat.

They bring their catch into the fish markets in those wooden boxes located on top of the boat.

View from the port back towards town.

St. Augustine's church in the old town.

Huge strangler fig trees in this park!

They engulf whatever is around them.

Torre di Ligne. Fortress used to defend Trapani from the likes of Roughwater John, the Pirate.

Fiat 500! Our favorite little wind-up car.

The wind was howling, blowing from the north, when we went to look at the salt flats. Notice my hair is blowing straight back.

The wood is used to chip at the salt, which is almost as hard as a rock.

In the early days, the windmills were used to draw the water from the sea into the holding pens so the water could evaporate.

One of the holding pens.

Looking out over another salt pen towards what was once a windmill.

Some of the salt mounds are covered in tiles.

Another Fiat 500!

Peace my friends!