Palermo 1

Getting a bit behind!  We are now in France, just passed through the Mont Blanc Tunnel in fact.  But I had started the Sicily blog, so I will finish it!  In no particular order (no time to sort!)

The connoisseur judges Palermo's best gelato ...

We were so lucky to join have a tour of Palermo opera house when rehearsals were in progress - the music was fantastic - including Strauss's Also Sprach Zararathustra

A painted ceiling in the opera house

Renaissance fountain in Palermo - Barbara is the one with clothes

Santa Ana church - one of many (500?) baroque churches in Palermo

But there are also Norman/Moorish buildings from the 1200s

Beautiful byzantine mosaic tree in the Norman cathedral of Monreale

Cherubs galore in the Jesuit church