Nearly 11pm Sicily Time - back at the B&B after what feels like endless traveling. Turns out I was automatically rebooked onto the later flight to Catania - thank goodness. Made it through the Rome airport easily as I have before and even had some time to get an Italian SIM card. Once you have an Italian phone number, you're really Italian, right? That's what I thought. The second flight took off a bit late but the airport is so small that I managed to make the 6:40pm bus to Siracusa, which naturally was also late. Long story short, I made it to my lovely B&B Aretusa Vacanze by about 8:30, after nearly 24 hours of transit including 2 flights, a bus, and a taxi, and only a couple hours later than planned. The good news is that the middle seat being empty on the redeye flight means I slept better than I have ever slept on a redeye so I don't want to die.
After arrival and checkin I found some gelato, because that is what one does when one arrives in Italy, and had a delicious cup of dark chocolate and cinnamon. Then I just wandered around this old section of Siracusa called Ortigia. The streets are all lit up and the alleys lined with little restaurant tables. There was an interesting procession going through the main square.
I saw a sign that Palazzo Borgia was open at night with guided tours and since my time is so limited I jumped on it. The guide was a sweet girl dressed in traditional garb and she kept almost tripping over herself. But it was neat to have the palace basically to myself and they even gave you a glass of sparkling wine. And with that it was time to try to get some sleep because I have an ambitious couple of days planned for Siracusa.
About 20 pictures and a video are HERE
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