Medieval streets, excellent restaurants,fresh fish, and last but probably the most important, the Norman Cathedral. The cathedral is the dominant structure in the town. The two towers rise well above the rest of the village.
The church was built by Roger II, the Norman sovereign of Sicily. For the rest of this blog , he shall be referred to as Roger Norman. Legend has it that Roger had the church built in gratitude to God for sparing his life in a violent storm at sea. Roger Norman was from Scandinavia and just so happens that Mary Carter is of Scandinavian descent and her maiden name was Mary Norman. So we feel that Roger is her relative from long ago. We felt like we were visiting Mary's family church. Not only are we walking through history, we are walking with history.
Today has been a good day. We left Taormina and drove about two hours along the coast to Cefalu, a small coastal village located on the northern coast of Sicily on the Tyrrhenian Sea.(I know I wish I had paid more attention to World History). It appears first in recorded history around 396 BC.
A lovely village and well worth the time to visit. It has about 14,000 residents, but has millions of visitors during the summer months from all over Europe.
We rented 2 apartments at the Astro Suite Hotel, right on the beach, settled in and started exploring. We will be here until Tuesday. Full day today and full day tomorrow.
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| Jerry and Terry show off their new hats. |
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| Sea Bass, fresh from the sea |
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| Happy Valentine |
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| View from our apartment |
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| WWI Memorial |
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| Linda and Jerry |
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| The Church of Roger Norman |
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| Norman cross |
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| Where we ate tonight |
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| Mary and Terry, Happy Valentine |
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| Norman Church |
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