Blogs from Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 60

January 2008. Hello again all - As you can see from the date below, this was trip was taken a while ago. Please disregard this if you already received it, however I have added more photos. In my travel blog site it indicated that this travel blog was never "published," which I was sure it had been. However, just in case, I'm "publishing" again. Please forgive the inconvenience if you have already received this journal. Sicily, Italy October 2006 Note: Click on photos to enlarge or on "more" to enlarge and read the rest of the text. Okay, okay, so I’m tackling the easy one first, you are right. The South Africa-Botswana-Namibia-Zambia journal is in the works. As you might appreciate, a three- month road trip around southern Africa needs more thought, then condensing and finally ... read more

Geo: 38.0699, 13.176Had a nice sleep. I didn't want to wake up! I was dreaming about Chinese food. Dim sum ... mmm ... mmm ... For breakfast, I walked to a bakery. Sadly, no dim sum was available :(I had a cream-filled croissant. It was only OK. But then I had a little bit of hazelnut heaven - a hollow tube stuffed with chocolate hazelnut cream. It was sweet, but delectable. I wanted to sit and have a coffee with it, but I didn't have time before the train to Palermo. I used the Internet when I got there. I needed to kill time until my stated arrival time at the hostel - after getting burned in Agrigento, I decided to wait a little bit before going. There won't be any cheap Internet cafes in Sardinia ... read more

Geo: 37.7986, 12.5715Had to catch an early bus to Trapani. I thought that breakfast was offered at 8:00, but it was actually 8:30. In that case I could've quickly ate, paid, gotten my passport, and then ran off to the bus. I managed to track down the owner with the help of someone else staying there and practically ran uphill to the bus stop (15 minutes!) with my big-ass backpack. My legs felt like Jello after. I ran out of water last night ... I paid for the mistake of not having more this morning after the sprint to the station. Used the "bathroom" when the bus made a rest stop. Not really a bathroom - see pictures. Bought a tiny little juice at the rest stop, but it wasn't enough. Of course, I was too ... read more

Geo: 36.6185, 14.9894I woke up early before the girls did - did a little reading while I waited for them. A little difficult to do in semi-darkness. Breakfast - 2 different cakes, apricot pie, assorted yogurt (Italians make great yogurt!), rolls, coffee (very good), and cereal (cocoa puffs for me!). A Japanese lady asked if I was Japanese. I love how Asian minorities always look at me and somehow see their race in me. I'm like the Swiss-Army knife of Asian people - multi-purpose. The girls noticed her eating a peach and asked the B&B worker for one. Only, it wasn't from the B&B. The lady offered it to us. We declined, but she kept insisting - after awhile it would seem rude if we DIDN'T take it. Then the B&B lady showed us a huge ... read more

Geo: 37.7986, 15.2522Met a couple of Parisian girls at breakfast (Anne-Sophie and Alice) and took the funicular with them to Isola Bella. A beautiful spot ... too bad I didn't bring a camera! Two coves are separated by a partially submerged path that links the beach with Isola Bella. Very unique and very nice. The beach is gravelly and it was cloudy at times. But when the sun came out it was quite the sight. The girls were nice but we had little in common. It just wasn't the same as Split with Emilie and Aude :(It was funny last night - for the first time ever I was the only guy at a hostel. One of the workers commented that I was the luckiest guy on Earth. Now if only it was a hostel filled ... read more