Palermo was the beginning and ending point for our tour. We felt this was a very mix of a city. It was a very lively city, especially on a Saturday night. Many small streets were interesting. However, the layoff of a large number of sanitation workers through budget cuts had taken its toll on the trash collection throughout the city. We also came to learn that much of Sicily had been destroyed during WW II and so hurriedly rebuilt that much of the attractiveness of old European cities was not here.
