Having picked up our hire car at Palermo Airport, we tapped our hotel address into the GPS and bravely entered the never ending stream of traffic. Apart from the fact that we were running on fumes after a 30 hour trip from Australia, we were suddenly driving on the ‘wrong’ side of the road (for us); it was getting dark; and the battery on our device (with the GPS directions on it) was down to 4%. I do not have a reputation for being the greatest navigator at the best of times, however to be fair (to me), it is really hard to navigate on no sleep when you are holding the charger in the socket of the phone because it keeps slipping out, whilst 10,000 cars are coming at you from every direction and there are apparently no road rules – at all.
Our arrival in Palermo was a little stressful.
We had flown from a Melbourne summer to a Sicilian winter for a 6 day whirlwind trip with only one goal in mind – to fulfil our Life List dream of finding an old Sicilian palazzo to buy, renovate and live in for 3 months of each year. Our plan is to live one long eternal summer – to follow the sun around the world.
But more on that in a later article. For now, let me share my highlights of visiting Palermo in winter, which offers a different perspective on this wonderful city. Read the rest of the article.
