So I know what you're wondering, what did you do for dinner your first night in Western Sicily? Well I just so happened to attend the annual Cous Cous festival. Yes, you read that right, there's a Cous Cous festival, and I went to it. Their slogan was "Make Cous Cous, not war" which I wholeheartedly agree with. I had the Moroccan style Cous Cous which was dee-lish, and for dessert, what else but a Cannoli! Actually, a Cannolo, because Cannoli is plural in Italian. I had just the one. And beneath was quite a sight. At one of the many vendors at the festival (it was kind of like a street fair, but covering the whole downtown of this town) was baskets of candy, in which one was filled with (I think) giant marshmallow strawberries (fragole in Italian). And no, I didn't have one of those, but I just had to show the world that there is something (I'm guessing) worse than peeps. Or maybe not, I could have missed out on the best dessert in Sicily. Oh well.
After that we returned to the hotel, and I can't remember what happened after that because my head hit the pillow and the next thing I knew, it was morning. Off to Palermo!