Grand hotel

We are on another parkrun adventure.

It was an early start with a 4am pick up for the airport.  I didn't get any sleep and knew it would be a long day.

We met upstairs at Camden for breakfast and then headed to departure.  Emma was using a charity shop suitcase find and was stopped at security.  They found a hot water bottle concealed in the case lining which she'd somehow missed.  It could have been a lot worse.  

We spent the day on the hop on and off bus tours. As we were tired and I was the only one who had visited palermo before it was a good way to work out where to visit.

The ornate facades of the buildings and spring trees were a highlight.  The building sites, traffic, noise and squalor in some parts less so.

In the evening we met up with the remainder of the group and headed into town for food.

As a group of 14 it took a while to find somewhere with space to eat and to then get our food.  Mostly we had burgers from the extensive menu.  Mine was delicious but I was very, very tired and it was way, way too late to eat.

We ended the evening with a discussion about getting to parkrun and breakfast.  By this point I was barely functioning. Grateful to Marion for taking control. Breakfast at 7.30, taxi for 8@8