Island Life
A new day, a new location. Wondering where we are? We’re now on the island of Sicily! This portion of the trip is the whole reason we even started planning Europe (instead of just talking about it). My brother is in the Navy and is stationed here, so we came to see him, his wife and their two adorable boys. We actually arrived last night and Jimmy & Gin picked us up from the airport. We just had a few minutes to relax and chat before heading to bed. This morning we woke up to hear that the oldest nephew, Randal, was up puking in the middle of the night. Sadly, he had to stay home while we went out today and had fun. But Alden, who is 10, got to spend the day exploring with us. Yay! We first headed to the little island of Ortigia, where we walked the little town of Siracusa. An interesting experience happened when parking the car though. Jimmy pulled into a public parking lot and a random guy was standing there and directed him to park in a non-parking spot. Jimmy ex...