Christmas in Sicily (part 2)

Christmas Eve dinner was a late affair (by our standards), arriving at 9pm, eating around 9.50, gift giving around 11, then playing bilingual Tombola till 1 am. Walking back to our flat through the streets as quiet as we have ever seen them.

Then our journey to Ferla gave us the first views of the amazing geography of Sicily. We also noticed that the busiest place to be in Christmas mornings was the cemetery with hundreds showing their respects to their family members before goings and enjoying the rest of the day. Our convoy of three cars was separated in the chaos that is parking Sicilian style outside one if these cemeteries, We are driving our hire car here and Serge has adapted excellently to the wrong side of the road. The streets in this little village were not built for the traffic that currently uses them and it makes for some interesting moments.

Alison has described lunch and the days events and after tomorrow we shall have many anecdotes to share . It has been lovely to witness the pride of the grandfather whilst he shares his home with his grand daughters .... More to come.