Sicily

From Fracianeto, we drove to Palermo in Sicily. We stayed in a small beach town called Mondello. We stayed in a cute little ten person hostel. Since there was not too much to do in Mondello, we spent a lot of time on the beach. Our first day out in the sun, Callie got a lovely burn. We also found a cute little restaurant that we frequented for most of our time in Mondello. 

One day we decided to explore more of Palermo and drove about fifteen minutes into the city. We immediately found a little cafe and had a great lunch. We were told that there was a huge market place that was great for finding cheap buys, but after getting horrible instructions from four or five different people, we decided to call it quits. Back at the hostel, we met two guys from London that we hung out with for the rest of our stay. We rented a paddle boat one evening and floated around the gorgeous blue waters for a few hours. Afterwards, we walked to a market and made dinner back at our hostel. 

After leaving Palermo, we made our way to a small resort town close to the ferry. We stayed there one night and met a lot of interesting people. The next morning we woke up bright and early to catch the ferry back to the mainland. We spent the day driving to Naples. The next day, unfortunately,  we had to drop off the car, and Callie and Amanda had a say a brief goodbye. Amanda was going to Washington D.C. to see her grandmother, and Callie was going to stay in Naples for a few days.