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0:18we love traveling we love going to
0:20places we never stop going to places we
0:22did several cities in Sicily but the
0:25first of it was plma we flew in from
0:28Rome and even when you fly in into PLO
0:30it's a beautiful flight in then we got
0:33on the train right there at the airport
0:35took about 40 minutes to get to downtown
0:38poo when we got off the train as we're
0:40walking in I mean it's just it's a
0:42Melting Pot of cultures and we were able
0:45to walk right to our hotel we stayed at
0:49the Centro storico DMO and it was very
0:53cool you did have to go up a very little
0:55singular elevator pretty typical of
0:58Europe we had a very lovely room with a
1:02balcony and you open up the balcony and
1:05you can just see all of the rooftops of
1:07PLO with the domes we went up one night
1:10and there were fireworks and it was just
1:13lovely lovely
1:15hotel that's us going through po mod
1:19doing all the photos and videos
1:22woohoo that's me filming you filming oh
1:25wait okay that's what that's me filming
1:28you filming you filming
1:33me so one of the places that is just you
1:37cannot miss it in flo is the Bolero
1:41Market it is a big Market I mean there's
1:44just a sea of people vendors stalls we
1:49had some great um pomegranate juice
1:52right there that was aming took the
1:54pomegranate cut it open use her juicer
1:57and just it was amazing super fresh
2:00super wonderful sweet there's plenty of
2:02apparal Spritz everywhere in that town
2:04two appol
2:05sprits I want to go back to just because
2:08it's so I mean when you walk down that
2:10market you do feel like you're in a
2:14different time different world it's over
2:16a thousand years
2:22old we went ahead and walked down to the
2:24main part of PLO Quattro conti and on
2:28each corner there's statues and
2:31fountains and so Each corner has its own
2:33story is amazing to look at there is
2:36music going on it's very vibrant
2:37everything's there Street vendors
2:39everywhere there's food everywhere you
2:42know it felt
2:45alive we wandered around the streets and
2:49came across patoo con Federico it's in
2:54the walls that used to be the walls of
2:56the the city itself there's a family
2:58that lives that has lived there since
3:00what 1700 when we were wandering around
3:03we came across this gentleman and he was
3:06just kind of standing out and he's like
3:08hey how's it going this is my family's
3:10home do you want to come in and and take
3:12a look so we joined in with a group of
3:16people walking around and it's it's been
3:18handed down from generation to
3:20generation they've restored sections and
3:24you can see where the wall was built and
3:26where it originally would have protected
3:29the city it was a stumble upon thing but
3:31I would suggest anybody going back there
3:33because it just was their story of their
3:36family being in this one location which
3:38is in the
3:42walls all over PLO I'm seeing this moish
3:47guy oh yes it's on every towel apron any
3:50kind of tourist souvenir it's this moish
3:53guy and The Story Goes that this Prince
3:59cheated on his wife and in retaliation
4:02she cut his head off and then used it as
4:04a planter for her basil and everybody in
4:07town always talked about how amazing her
4:09basil was and wanted to know what her
4:12secret was this was her husband's head
4:14her husband's head lesson don't cheat on
4:17your
4:20wife we found ourselves in the um church
4:24and Monastery of Santa Katarina chisa D
4:28Santo Katarina
4:30that's a big thing to go see there and
4:32it's very cool cuz you you walk in you
4:34can get your tickets right there and
4:35there's a big giant Courtyard right in
4:37the middle of the whole thing that's
4:38beautiful and it used to be a working
4:41Monastery for silent nuns and they baked
4:45quiet and there's a cafe in there they
4:47still use a recipe from their cakes but
4:50when we wandered around we ended up on
4:53the roof it's like right by the Sea you
4:55look one way you're looking to back
4:57toward beautiful mountains and the other
4:58way you're looking back toward the you
5:00know the sea so it's just this gorgeous
5:02area tucked away and then completely
5:05over the whole town and you're up where
5:07the bells are ringing and it was not to
5:10be missed to go up and see the view very
5:12well worth all of the
5:16stairs the Royal Palace or Palazo D
5:20Norman shows you the history of poo from
5:23the very first settlements to the
5:25present day it used to be the seat of
5:27the kings of Sicily and interesting fact
5:30it is the oldest Royal residence in
5:33Europe the capella palentina or the
5:35palentine chapel has been a world
5:37heritage site since 2015 it's a really
5:40good example of Arab Norman art and has
5:43a really wonderful Mosaic all around it
5:46and a very elaborate wooden
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5:55roof poo is special for me polaro was
5:59was just a magical place like I was
6:03transported into another world you are
6:06in the midst of History just ancient
6:08it's got so much Multicultural World
6:13very friendly people very helpful Hotel
6:16Laro is a good City to go visit yes and
6:20a good launching off place for some
6:22other places in CC yes that you will not
6:25want to miss right but don't you don't
6:27want to miss
6:28poo
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