Palermo dreaming

Sicily is great. And I’m not just saying that because so far no one tried to steal anything from me. I found a great hostel where I’ve been meeting tons of nice people (Casa di Amici, more on that soon), have taken day trips to stunning beach towns, visited catacombs and of course had an overload of the local specialities which happen to be all sweet. Cannolis, brioches, gelati – whatever your carb-craving heart desires. It’s impossible to stay skinny in Sicily so it’s probably for the better that tonight i’ll hop on the overnight ferry to Naples from where I will return to Germany where I will swap my daily pizza and gelato diet for salad and mineral water.

Since I don’t have a camera anymore, I’ve been taking pictures with my Iphone using the very fantastic Hipstamatic Iphone app. I highly recommend you try it. Here’s my bit of Sicilian panorama…

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