Kim writing: I got here before Nate, and we didn't do a ton of sightseeing before he came but I want to tell you about where my uncle lives.
My uncle and aunt live in Marausa, which is part of a town called Trapani. We are on the west coast of Sicily. The area is more in the country and there are lots of fields of grapes, tomatoes, and melons. We like to stop at roadside stands and get the fruit straight from the farmer. The melons area amazing!!! I'm told the tomatoes are too but I don't like them fresh and the one I tried wasn't good enough to make me like them. :) It is quite windy here and some days the wind blows lots of Egyptian dust into the air. It has made for some amazing sunsets that we can see from my uncle's balcony. Yes, that is the water and the sun falling behind an island...from his balcony!!! I also took several shots of his whole view. You will see some lights on top of the hill and that is a town called Erice (A-ree-chA). You can even see the lights along the road going up the hill. We will be going there later this week, so we will write more then.
There are so many of us that we rented two 9-passenger vans that we will drive all over the place. It is pretty incredible that they make it through all the tight streets without hitting any cars. Lots of cars here are have side mirrors that are damaged or missing because the streets are so small and people drive so fast!!! It is all pretty amazing.
One thing we have done lots of is go to the beach. We drive about 5 minutes to a military beach where we pay 3 euro per person and get a changing closet, lots of chairs and umbrellas to sit under. By the way, don't take your rings off to put on sunscreen, they are very difficult to find in the sand!!
My uncle and aunt live in Marausa, which is part of a town called Trapani. We are on the west coast of Sicily. The area is more in the country and there are lots of fields of grapes, tomatoes, and melons. We like to stop at roadside stands and get the fruit straight from the farmer. The melons area amazing!!! I'm told the tomatoes are too but I don't like them fresh and the one I tried wasn't good enough to make me like them. :) It is quite windy here and some days the wind blows lots of Egyptian dust into the air. It has made for some amazing sunsets that we can see from my uncle's balcony. Yes, that is the water and the sun falling behind an island...from his balcony!!! I also took several shots of his whole view. You will see some lights on top of the hill and that is a town called Erice (A-ree-chA). You can even see the lights along the road going up the hill. We will be going there later this week, so we will write more then.
There are so many of us that we rented two 9-passenger vans that we will drive all over the place. It is pretty incredible that they make it through all the tight streets without hitting any cars. Lots of cars here are have side mirrors that are damaged or missing because the streets are so small and people drive so fast!!! It is all pretty amazing.
One thing we have done lots of is go to the beach. We drive about 5 minutes to a military beach where we pay 3 euro per person and get a changing closet, lots of chairs and umbrellas to sit under. By the way, don't take your rings off to put on sunscreen, they are very difficult to find in the sand!!
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