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Naples

In the evening, I left Naples and took a boat to Palermo.

The hanging life preservers and lifeboats couldn’t help but make people think of the Titanic.

In fact, this ship is much larger than the Titanic.
It can swallow the entire parking lot of cars next to it.
And in the calm Mediterranean, without icebergs, there is no need to worry about the ship sinking.
You can also see this huge cruise ship on Google Maps.
The cabins are small but have separate bathrooms, and you can take a hot shower.

The rocking cabin and the sound of the horn are very hypnotic.






The next day, struggling to get up to watch the sunrise 🌄








At that time, there was no DayNightMode.
No pinching tactics.
No shrinking of the waves.
Seagulls didn’t fly upside down.

🌊 🐦





Sicily

Palermo

My friends rented a sea view room by the beach.
It had three floors and echoes when they talked.
The decoration was very Sicilian.

Not far away is Al Cantastorie.
Although it had a low rating and there was a strong smell of fish by the sea,
the lobster spaghetti there was delicious to the point of bursting.
I haven’t come across that kind of preparation since then.



  • B&B Theater Theater
  • Quattro Canti Square (Palermo)
  • Palermo Cathedral







As the red note says,
several streets next to the accommodation need to be careful not to step on dog poop everywhere,
which greatly affected the experience.

Of course, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the note was secretly torn off by another friend before leaving.

But it was not enough to prevent Palermo, the capital of Sicily, from becoming a town of dog poop.

Taormina

Fed up with dog poop,
we concluded that it was probably due to the Airbnb address.
So we canceled all the remaining Airbnb reservations
and quickly booked Eurostar Monte Doro and Rome Marriott Park on Booking.com.

When we arrived in Taormina,
we instantly felt happy because the accommodation was comfortable.
We played UNO by the pool at night.



Gelato

Italian gelato is truly unique.
We ate as we wandered along the way, buying whenever we came across a gelateria.
We were afraid that we wouldn’t be able to eat gelato when we got home.











The Pearl of the Ionian Sea

There is a narrow path that is constantly washed by the sea and allows you to walk to the island.
Watching others walk back and forth on the water,
I tried it myself, but I sank steadily.
As soon as the sea rushed in, there were signs of slipping.




Supreme Court

Flying back to Rome,
we passed by the Supreme Court.
It really had historic charm.


When we arrived at the Marriott, we found that the facilities were a bit poor.
There was no free Wi-Fi, and we needed to pay for it separately.
There were also the Book of Mormon and the New Testament in the drawer.


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