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I know I haven't posted photos in a while (they take so freaking long to loadddd..), but here are a few. They're not particularly good or interesting, but just to give you a sense of what Palermo looks like, or at least the neighborhood where I live and work. I've started carrying my camera around at all times now, so I took some photos today and yesterday between my house and Galilei, one of my schools. So...




Near Galilei. Even though this area isn't particularly attractive, there are all these lovely mountains draped around in every direction..

Near my house. Sometimes it feels like all of Palermo is a fatty parking lot. Kind of like the LA of Italy. Except without LA's coolness factor.

Piazza Unita' d'Italia

Note the 1950s/60s-style high-rises. Yeah, that's all there is. In this part of the city especially, as it's a residential area, but also all of Palermo. Basically Palermo got bombed to bits during World War II and they rebuilt the whole place after the war. It's a pretty unfortunate style. Like Brown's Grad Center dorms, city-fied. Anyway, this is Via Valdemone, the street Italo's parents live on. And note the little tip of Monte Pellegrino in the background...

Yay intersections! Galilei is just beyond this one.

More soon!