Monday, March 18 - Palermo sights

Today, we walked the city, absorbing its' atmosphere and shopped Il Ballarò for a picnic lunch to take on tomorrow's trip to Agrigento.


From our kitchen window we see cats on a rooftop waiting for a neighbor's generosity.



A remnant of the past.



Baroque Exterior




A main street close to our apartment and in front of Il Ballarò.

 

Via Roma - the equivalent of 5th Avenue in NYC was 1 block away.

Porta Felici guards the entrance to the Kalsa Quarter.  It was constructed a short distance from the Bay of Palermo and is near Via Butera & the Puppet Theater.   Just imagine the old Arabic city walls extending out from the sides of this gate and surrounding the city.

Botanical gardens. 

Open air antique market




Near Via Butera and the fisherman with the Ricci di Mare.

 

Our apartment is located in a side street between the two large buildings on the right.  Il Ballarò is beyond the arch at the end of the street.   A food shopper's dream.  It is like living 2 blocks from Pike Place Market in Seattle!!

 

We ALWAYS found a good pasticerria!!

The manual way of laying asphalt.