SATURDAY 17 OCTOBER, SYRACUSE, SICILY The guy from New Zealand had told me that his train from Catania had taken five hours the day before. To get to Syracuse, I figured I would have to go to Catania and then change. So I got up early and was at the central train station by about 8am, hoping that there would be an early train to Catania. There wasn’t - the first train was at 12:45 that afternoon. The Rome train went to Syracuse as well but it didn’t leave until 3pm. So I sat for a while and waited and ate my breakfast (rice crackers with vegemite) until eventually getting the 12:45pm train. Once at Catania I had to change to a train to Syracuse, meaning I didn’t get into my hostel (a very short walk
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