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On the second day of Trapani, we rested. And hung out by the pool. And did very little except “vacation”. Of course, every day begins with cookies and [real Italian] coffee in “the yacht club”. You want salt? Real sea salt? Real, pink, Sicilian sea salt? .. You’ve got it! A cool interlude, watching theContinue reading “Pool day”

On a high mountain overlooking Trapani lies the old town of Erice. How or why anyone would build a place in such a forbidding summit, history does not record, but it was so. And we took a bus up there – and cable car down – to see it. The way up does yield aContinue reading “Up to Erice”

From Messina we steamed West across the top of Sicily to Trapani, the NorthWest corner, the only city where we were to stay for two days. It’s a cute port, a bit of fallen glory I would say, as the importance of its Tuna fisheries have diminished. The waterfront features some classic architecture; almost Italian,Continue reading “On to Trapani”