Rome Day 1 – 8/23/04

Huge sightseeing day. We headed out around 10:30 to downtown Rome. We took the Metro in and it took around an hour. I was pretty impressed with their subway system, although I had that song “Metro Train” in my head all day from the group Berlin. Today’s tour guide is Giuseppe. One of the brothers …

Off to Rome! Arrivederci! – 8/22/04

Our last day in Sicily. It is definitely time to move on. Sicily is very beautiful, after I got over the language barrier and the ways of Europeans in general, I really had a good time. I just find it funny how things are drastically different here. Someone in our group said this is not …

Last Full Day in Sicily – 8/21/04

This is the last Full day in Sicily. Very low key. We went to BaRappa the Rappa’s bakery. Very cool little place. They really did have awesome food there. The weather was very overcast and very cloudy but after 8 days not 1 drop of rain, really worked out well for us. It is truly …

Segesta – 8/20/04

Defiantly an action packed day. Probably the most things we fit into one day so far. We had our usual breakfast and headed out to the town of Santo Vito Lo Capo. It was another cute little town that had a cool lighthouse. We settled on the beach and took a walk through the town …

Another Relaxing Day – 8/19/04

Another relaxing day. Starting to miss American food. I forgot to really bitch about the breakfast situation. Warm milk, cold cuts and still no eggs. Really sucks hehe. Another strange thing we found was we never spotted the moon! What the hell happened to our moon! UPDATE: We got a call last night from Peter …

Wedding Anniversary – Ballestrate – 8/18/04

Today is our wedding anniversary (Happy 2 Year Anniversary Jos!). We skipped going to the weekly flea market and just slept in. We hit the beach and just relaxed. Doing dinner at the hotel and just doing some more relaxing. There was a forest fire behind the hotel, so 2 helicopters came and dunked big …

Scrapello – Erice – 8/17/04

Today we got an early start and headed up to Scrapello. It is an amazing place where people go to swim. At one point fisherman used it, now it is a popular spot to hang out and enjoy the sun. Hard to explain the area but the pictures should tell the story. This is the …

Low Key – 8/16/04

After all the excitement yesterday, we decided to keep it low key today. I am amazed how well I adjusted to 6 hour time difference. I fell asleep every night in LA a few months ago but here I am fine. I am laying on my chair at the beach today without a care in …

Ferragosto – 8/15/04

We celebrated the actual holiday (Ferragosto) by going to my mother in laws cousins house. We got an early start an toured the town of Alcamo for a bit. We stopped at the cemetery where my brother in law was buried. He had died at a very early age and never made it to America. …

Alcamo Beach – 8/14/04

Not so lucky with internet access in Alcamo. Its ok though. Doing the work I do makes me Jonez a little to be on the web. Technology is not as current as the US that’s for sure. The hotel turned out to be pretty nice. It is fairly modern and it was pretty new. It …