
Today was the last day of our bus tour. It has been a very fun week all in all and we’ve seen some amazing things. We would never want to drive in Sicily- the people here are crazy- they don’t stop at stop signs or traffic lights, and drive all over the road with no respect for anyone else. So, even though the tour wasn’t perfect, it was better than us driving. We checked out of our hotel in Acireale and left by 8:30 to go up to Cefalu (pronounced Chefalu). It took about 2 hours to get there and for the first time on the trip they stopped at a petrol station and let us use the bathroom (a nice surprise from the other days). Along the way the ceiling above my seat started dripping because of the A/C so Jeanine had to switch seats! When we got to town we walked as a group to the cathedral where a man was passing out pieces of cloth to people so they could cover their shoulders. It was a beautiful church. Then we only had 45 minutes to walk around and see the city before lunch- again, not long enough! The first course of lunch was parmiagianna (eggplant with ham) which was okay. The waiters were mad because no one ate a lot, but it was bad food! After lunch we drove back to Palermo and we said good-bye to Giovanna and Christina. We ended up getting two rooms because they didn’t have a triple, which was fine. Jeanine’s room was great and had good a/c, but mom and dad’s room wasn’t made up, so they changed, then the new room didn’t have a/c, so they had to change again! Really a classy hotel. In the afternoon we walked over to the archaeological museum and walked around for a while- it was okay. The people kept giving us looks like we should be leaving even though we had an hour before the place closed- very strange. We ate dinner as a group and said good-bye to everyone! Thankfully we don’t leave until 2pm, so we can sleep in and take our time tomorrow morning.

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