Got up this morning and began the last leg of our trip: Sicily - Palermo, Termini Imerese and Cefalu. We met a very nice guy on the train from the Palermo airport who gave us tips on the best things to do and see in Palermo. He was born in Palermo, but is now a policeman in Milan.  Tim enjoyed trying to speak Italian with him, even though this guy's broken English was far better than Tim's very broken Italian.

We got to our B & B, the Palazzo Pantaleo, and the owner Giuseppe was very helpful.  He even helped Tim call some Lombardos in the Termini Imerese phonebook to see if they were relatives. Tim's grandparents Michele and Giuseppa Lombardo (aka Michael and Josephine) came to St. Louis from Termini Imerese around 1894. No relatives have yet been found, but our host is willing to make some more calls tomorrow. 

Oh, and this beautiful building? The Teatro Massimo in Palermo and has the 3rd largest stage of any theater in Europe. Francis Ford Coppola filmed part of Godfather III in this theater.