Took a flight from Malta back to Catania, Sicily . In retrospect , my planning of this part of the trip is off . I should have just did Catania first then to Siracusa then taken to Malta as the last leg. Instead the last stop is Catania , sigh . Oh well…

Went to the open air markets which stretches into the wet markets selling fish, vegetables , herbs, meats etc. So of course end up buying food stuff to cook as the accomodation ( a studio )has its kitchen . Lo and behold , went walking to the main shopping street which is a 5 minute walk, guess who we met at L’erbolario shop .

Then we walked back to Ana’s & Sarah’s B&B which is in the older part of Catania. It is already dark here by 5.15 pm by the time we walked back to Ana’s B&B.

Ana & Sarah’s B&B has quite a character. The B&B has an Edwardian kind of feeling to it , somehow , even when being in Italy.

It is an B&B because they just got an en-suite bedroom but no kitchen facilities and no washing machine.

The B&B has only 4 en-suite bedrooms tastefully done. It is in an old house because entrance is through a big wooden door in which the ground floor is where during olden times, the horses and carriage would be. People in those days do not live on the ground floor as it was probably too smelly . Therefore, they lived upstairs. Ana& Sarah’s B&B was on the second floor with no lift or elevator. This is a big deal when there is heavy luggage to lug up !! Sarah does this for their luggage but the flight of stairs had a landing in between floors so maybe not too bad because you can rest midway ! Hahaha.

Gosh, the logistics of heavy luggage needs to be thought out carefully , actually . That ends our day and we promised to meet Ana & Sarah again on Wednesday , the 28th October before they fly to Malta.