Monreale

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A bit slow off the pace today but we thought we would endeavour to bus to Monreale as the weather forecast was still threatening thunderstorms...(which never arrived).

Two buses connected us to Monreale, the second was to be 10-15mins later, however that ened up being 1hour later (yes we waited for it). So we finally made it on a journey that was supposed to be 30mins but took 1hour....now we know there was an ernormous traffic jam....it just shuts the city down for hours..

Monreale was lovely, a hilltop village with fantastic views back over Palermo to the coast. The Cattedrale is one of the three UNESCO heritages, this one of Norman origin & Byzanntine influence from 1172.

25 degrees so a pleasant day walking through the streets & little markets.

Today in Palermo starts the 'Gelatero Festival', the Maqueda lined with fridge stalls for about 1 kilometre to serve all sorts of varieties of ice cream.

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