Sicily

We were off to Trapani, Sicily for the weekend.  We thought, going south, we would see the sun a little bit and maybe even be a little bit warm.  What we got though was a very chilly weekend where we actually saw snow for the first time since leaving Utah 2 months ago.  We did however see the sun for a few minutes on Sunday.  We were still wearing our winter clothes, but at least it was there:)

Other than the cold, we had a wonderful weekend of Italian food and gelato.  There were many times that we were laughing at a restaurant because we had no idea what kind of food we were ordering.  Most turned out to be good, but I had an incident with some seafood that didn't sit too well with my stomach (Jake however loved it).

A building just around the corner from our hotel.

We went up to the city Erice.  It's on the top of a mile high mountain just a little ways away from the city we were staying in.  When we got there, we were literally in a cloud.  It was absolutely freezing, and completely spectacular.  There is a really old Norman Castle there that parts of kept disappearing as the cloud shifted.  There is also a really old town where the streets just keep winding.  We got lost walking through them, but we stumbled upon this little restaurant where we had some of the best lasagna I have ever eaten in my life.

An alley way full of a cloud.

The view.  We couldn't see very far for part of the time we were up there.

Part of the castle.

Just a doorway.  Jake was curious how the fit through the doors there.

We were just so happy to see the sun!

This was on an island we went to the last day we were there.

View of Trapani from the western most tip.