Our final two ports of call were Palermo, Sicily and Naples, Italy. In Palermo, my mom and I decided not to take a guided tour and we just went out for the day on our own. We first walked around the city and took a guided tour of Teatro Massimo, which is the biggest opera house in Italy and one of the largest in Europe. For those Godfather fans, on the steps of the Teatro Massimo is where Mary dies in the Godfather III. After our tour we tried to find the puppet museum (Sicily is known for it's puppet making) and we were successful in finding the museum, but unfortunately for us, it was closed. We then went to Monreale where there was the beautiful Monreale Cathedral. (It is said that if you visit Sicily
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