Syracuse

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Ortigia town central

Some makeshift decorations

Busy night scenes

Sweet shop

Valley of the Temples

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Valley of the Temples

Concordia temple

Vittoria Crescit Concordia

Agrigento

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Chiesa di San Gerlando

Gesu

Sarcophagus

San Giuseppe

San Domenico

Palermo Day 3

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Canolo! Tasty pastry snack with Rucola cheese

The puppet museum

Each puppet a work of art

Arancini, I had three of these!

Arab influence

Fancy shirt with a Jungle bird cocktail overlooking the Municipio (Town Hall)

Palermo Day 2

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View from the Hotel D’Ambasciatore

Palazzo Palatina

The Church at Monrele

Palermo, Sicilia

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The Cathedral, interesting Norman tapestries!

No Sicilian holiday would be without Granita al limone

Views across Palermo

Costello al mare

Piazza Garibaldi the main man who helped setup Italy as a nation state in 1861

Sawell, Co Londonderry

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Highest peak in Londonderry, Mt Sawell. Total run time of 1hr. 30 mins up and 30 down again due to soft ground.

Climbing Mt Trostan

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The Summit!

Navigating the Moyle way was difficult with many river crossings.

Moyle way frought with river crossings

Slieve Gullion

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Top of Gullion. Beware of descent, best to take bearing to path and don’t go through the forest!

Bleenavinmore

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Difficult drive approach though nice observatory and bike trails Mid-Ulster