Sicilian Expedition - Cefalu and Taormina

The journey continued as we boarded the ferry and spent the night crossing the Tyrrhenian Sea. Some snacks kept me company: Then we arrived at Palermo where Fabio valiantly resumed our journey.

We stopped in Cefalu, the site of a Norman church built in the 12th and 13th centuries. It was a fine example of a fusion of Byzantine, Romanesque, and Islamic architecture.

Here's the interior of the church. Notice the Byzantine-style mosaics.

Here is the Theater at Taormina. Situated atop a mountain, we had a superb view. Curiously, the backdrop of the theater (scaenae frons) would have obstructed the spectators' sight of the beautiful landscape.

Here we are standing in the center of the the Theater (the orchestra). The acoustics were amazing, the product of painstaking calculations by ancient architects.

At the end of the day, we went to Syracuse and checked into our hotel.