Last weekend, we went to Palermo, the capital of Sicily. It's about a two hour drive from our house. Unfortunately, all of the historic "must sees" were closed. Finding places open in Italy when you'd think they'd be open is harder than you think. Frustrating sometimes. We're still learning.
Here's what we've learned (we think). Just about everything shuts down at 1 pm and then reopens around 4 pm. Restaurants, on the other hand, don't open until about 7 pm. Notice everything is about or around. Things are a little more laid back here. We've had to learn to always pack snacks in the car because our hungry kids aren't use to waiting until after 7 pm for dinner. Many restaurants aren't even open at the lunch hour. They only open for dinner. It's kind of confusing. There aren't fast food places or convenient stores all over to just run in and grab something when it's, well, convenient. Maybe that's why obesity isn't as much of a problem here.
Back to our road trip. We arrived in Palermo and our boys were not disappointed. They had a park set up with fun rides. We did walk around the historic city for a little while and took some pictures.
On our way out of our driveway, there was a little traffic jam . . .
3 comments:
Maybe that is why they are not fat in Italy. that must be so frusterating to never know when things will be open or closed. Looks like you all had fun though. Your boys are so cute:)
Sara Marie (the bread lady) will be so excited to here that you visited Palermo--that's her home town! The food thing would be a little annoying. Especially with lots of little hungry bellies to fill!
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