After Matera, we drove to Tropea, which is supposed to be a beautiful little town by the sea. Well, when we got there, it was pouring rain and dark and stormy. The next day, we drove a short distance to the toe of the boot and caught a car ferry to Messina, Sicily. We immediately noticed a difference when we crossed into Messina...the driving in Sicily is INSANE!!! The rules are: break all the rules and then make new strange rules that foreigners don't know about. Roundabouts had no order...people were triple-parked on the roads, making them barely passable, and traffic lights were more like suggestions... We decided to high-tail it out of there and make our way across the top of Sicily to our next stop: Trapani.
It was a long day of driving, but finally we settled into our new apartment for the next 4 days. We had a reservation at the restaurant next door for the New Year's Eve "cenone" (big dinner). It was a big dinner; the kids were superstars (we got lots of compliments on their manners!). The food was great, and about half-way through the meal, some people at the table next to us pulled out their guitars and started singing Italian folk songs. Really cool. Some were funny songs, some were romantic songs. It really added a great atmosphere to the dinner.
Here are Chiara and Susannah before the dinner.
Happy New Year!
Making our "mad faces" at each other!
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