Geo: 38.1157, 13.3612 Our last day in Palermo and Kim and I wanted to go see the Capuchin Catacombs of Palermo. Palermo's Capuchin monastery outgrew its original cemetery in the 16th century and monks began to excavate crypts below it. In 1599 they mummified one of their number, recently-dead brother Silvestro of Gubbio, and placed him into the catacombs. The bodies were dehydrated on the racks of ceramic pipes in the catacombs and sometimes later washed with vinegar. Some of the bodies were embalmed and others enclosed in sealed glass cabinets. Monks were preserved with their everyday clothing and sometimes with ropes they had worn as a penance. Originally the catacombs were intended only for the dead friars. However, in the following centuries it became a status symbol to be entombed into the capuchin catacombs. In ... read more

Geo: 38.1157, 13.3612 After a very very early wake up we were off to Palermo. A short flight and we were on Sicily with great weather to greet us. We took a bus into Palermo and made or way to the Hotel Posta. After we did some walking around we meet up with my Dad and Donna. We dad dinner at a local restaurant and called it a night.... read more

Geo: 41.8955, 12.4823 After a great night of eating and drinking at Brasserie 4:20 with Alex we slept in. We started the day with a breakfast in the hotel and then a walk into town. We did a little shopping in Compo de Fiori and wandering around Rome. We meet up with Alex and he took us to his warehouse outside Rome. This is the building that he bought to use as a cellar/warehouse for all his beers. He will also be using it to house his brewery that he will be building in the future. After sampling from of his stock of beers we headed back into Rome for a tour of some of Rome's other great beer pubs. We had some great beers and then Alex took us out for some amazing Roman Pizza. ... read more

Geo: 50.6385, -2.05707We woke up in The Duke for the last time. Had breakfast packed up our stuff and hit the road. We were off to see some of the amazing Jurassic Coast. Our first stop was Ladrum Bay. The cliffs here are an orange color and at Ladrum Bay there are some great stacks near the shore. After leaving Ladrum Bay we headed to Beer. This small and charming town is right on the coast. We found a Pub with great beer garden. We had a pint of ale and some lunch in the sunshine then walked down to see the beach. After lunch we drove through the very busy and crowded town of Lyme Regis to Charmouth. This is supposed to have some great fossil hunting. The beach was packed with tourists and dogs ... read more

Geo: 50.3704, -4.14265 We awoke to gray skies and rain but this is England so this comes as no surprise. I am not complaining...It still beats snow. We had a big breakfast then hopped in the car to go see the city of Plymouth. It was much larger then we had thought it would be. We parked the car then walked around the main shopping area looking for the Tourist Information office. We found out that it is located near the sea front so off we went. On the way to the sea front we walked by this huge anchor from a military ship that was a must for a photo. When we got to the seafront and the Plymouth light house there was a bus rally going on. All kinds of buses. New, old, single ... read more