Last days in Sicily

So these idyllic sunsets were our last 2 Sicilian sunsets. This one was from the yard of our apartment outside Trapani. (This is the sun setting over the Tyrennian Sea.) Following this gorgeous sunset, we were kept awake virtually THE ENTIRE NIGHT by the barking of the owner's Bernese mountain dog. Not a great note to end on.





This was the view from our hotel room in Palermo the night before our 6:45 AM flight to
Milan. (The sun us setting over the Mediterranean Sea.) Trapani was 1-1 1/2 hrs away so we decided to stay near the airport. Around 5PM, I was a bit disturbed to see a bus disgorge approximately 50 kids in the 10 year age range at our hotel. Coming into the lobby they were at about 350 decibel range. They were there for some sort of overnight school outing and were STAYING at our hotel! About 11 PM, I went out and in my very best Italian asked that the 6-8 boys and their 2 adult chaperones who were having a very spirited conversation in the hall outside our room shut the ^&%^*$% up. I mentioned that I would be most pleased to knock on their doors when we got up at 4:30 AM. Back to bed to hear that the room directly over us was occupied by a group of similar aged and higher voiced girls who were apparently doing some kind of continuous furniture moving event accompanied by playing perhaps multiple games of jacks using a very large and very loud ball and also involving running very fast back and forth and maybe jumping on beds while squealing. We could hear adult voices joining in the festivities which lasted til maybe midnight or so. Needless to say, we weren't in our best conditions when we arrived at Milan at 8:45AM to drive for several hours to our place in Urbania.