Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Cefalu

We loved Cefalu! It is just a tiny town about 45 minutes away from Palermo by train. Very pretty and has to be just amazing in the summer. The water was too cold for swimming, but it was great for looking at! We had fun just walking around and exploring the small town.


This is for Lilly! It's not spelled the same way... but the idea is same.


Haha this picture is funny- looks like I had swordfish in my neck. Cefalu is a small fishing town so needless to say, this is fresh!


biiiiig swordfish.


The first thing Chaz said when we got to Cefalu was, "look, there's a castle!" So we went to check it out. We had wanted to go hiking at some point so this was perfect. The scenery walking up the mountain was fantastic, and very rocky at times.


Leftover castle walls.





sheeeeep. I don't know whose they were, but there were a lot of sheep just hangin' out here on the mountain.


Chaz pointed this out- these holes (we're guessing) might be where they had door hinges in the castle. You could totally tell the layout of some of the rooms and levels- very cool.

At the top!

Me looking into a cistern or something for storing things. Actually pretty deep, and these were all over the place.



Amazing view from the top of the mountain.

After we climbed down the mountain, we went into the Duomo, which was pretty darn impressive. Beautiful mosaics. This is what the ceiling looks like: unfortunately, I had to get this picture off the internet- it was too dark to actually take a picture.



The next day was much cloudier, but it was still fun to walk along the beach and, eventually, watch the storm roll in. Oh, and then get caught in the rain. But it was worth it :) Beautiful view.



Looking back at Cefalu. The mountain in the back is the one we climbed!


Awww I know, cheesy.


The water was SO clear! Reminded me of Lake McDonald, as did the smooth smooth glass we found on the beach. I picked some up, and some sea shells. This was a very nice beach- not a single dead fish. Isn't that pretty unusual? Who knows, I'm rambling...




Chaz is skipping a rock, not dancing.

Intrigued by little slugs in seashells.

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