Palermo

I was awake and up and about when we we still a mile or two off the coast of Palermo. The city was ringed by steep mountains, their tops wreathed in thick clouds. Looks like it might rain today.
We passed the breakwater and entered into a very big harbor. Our first visit to Sicily.

We were greeted by giant cargo cranes and we love working commercial ports

 Those clouds look ominous!

Car and Passenger Ferries

MSC Lirica which had left Valetta ahead of us, arrives after us

Lirica backs into her berth beside us

Once we were docked it was time to visit Sabatini's for breakfast

Our plan was simple. As we didn't have an excursion booked we were just going to get off the ship as we were docked right in the city and walk around. We hoped to find a nice outdoor cafe at some point and relax with a cappuccino.

The weather had other plans as once I left Sabatini's to go have a smoke on deck the clouds burst and the rain came pouring down, thick and fast, bouncing off the decks.

Here's a video of our arrival in Palermo