FUN-travel: Terrasini, Sicily – Last Full Day
November 15, 2013 by Susan Clarke
Day 43 – Monday, October 28 – Terrasini, Sicily – Full Day – full sun – high 75 – low 59
Downtown Terrasini
What I LIKE
- *7:30 – get up
- **10:30 – walk to piazza & town center
- scope out dinner ops
- notice clock tower & time is one hour earlier
- buy stamp for Cinzia’s bday card (Nov 2nd)
- 2nd clock in town reads same thing – hmmm what is going on?
- Chris says “they just never changed it for DST”
- 11:50 – drive to airport (have early flight & don’t want any surprises)
- 12:20 – drive south to Castellamare del Golfo for lunch @ Soho lounge
- got rave reviews on TA
- ***Pierpaolo highly recommended going to San Vito lo Capo
- 12:55 arrive – GPS worked perfectly!
- Lunch – spaghetti w/olive oil, garlic & fresh clams VG! – caponata salad
- OMG – clock across from Soho Lounge reads 1 hour earlier too!
- it pays to be observant! we assume we went across a time zone
- +1:20 – arrive Segesta – magnificent sitting high on the hill – $6 Euro pp
- 1:50 – head back
Terrasini
- ++2:30 – need gas
- 2:40 – GPS finds one that is open
- 2:50 – back to hotel
- room happy hour w/carafe wine – $12Euro
Segesta
- discussion ensues on what to do for the 24 hrs we’re in London tomorrow – I suggest dinner & a play – Chris says the big storm that hit affected the train service – but not a problem “we’ll just get a limo!” NOT! dinner & a play would be his worst nightmare – good for a lot of laughs!
- 7:45 – walk to dinner
“The Locals”
- 8:00 – arrive Arabesque – on 1st floor under Caza Manzella B&B – pizza w/olives, bell pepper, onion pepperoni – mixed salad – Planeta Burdese 2006 $30 Euro not on wine menu VG – & 2nd best pizza on trip!
- 11:30 – time for night night
What I DON’T LIKE
- *5:30 – wake up
- **pretty small & not much to see
- ***too far on small, narrow windy roads through mountains – had enough of that!
- +totally missed the amphitheatre – another example of poor signage & why you should have your guide book with you and not in the hotel room!
- ++1st station not open
FUN-fact – Segesta is one of the most well preserved Doric Temples in the world.