Our passage from Arbatax to Sicily began at 09:30 on Friday morning and we arrived in Sicily at Castellammare di Golfo at around 13:30 Saturday. At that time Marina and I got off the boat and did some exploring with Chelsea and also figured out the lay of the land, found some markets, got some cash, checked out restaurants and generally explored the town.
That night we ate in – Salciccia di Swina – grilled sausages with a great salad with ingredients we bought at the market. The boys devoured theirs and got back to gaming. By the next morning we got up and did some more exploring, came back to the boat at 12:30 to find Ross gaming and Hayden still sleeping. Hayden finally woke up around 13:30 and promptly joined Ross with his nose in a laptop.
At this point Marina and I said “We’ve been on Sicily for 36 hours and you haven’t even been off the boat.” Ross, always the smart-alec-wise-cracker said – “yes I was, I plugged in the electricity when we arrived.” I pointed out that while we had been in Sicily since Saturday afternoon neither of the boys had yet set foot on the island.
They got into a long explanation why that wasn’t relevant and that we shouldn’t care – I tried the “Hayden, your parents didn’t send you to Italy to learn how to play Age of Empires III” and he said back “They wouldn’t care” so under threat of losing internet and gaming privileges for a couple of days they acquiesced and left for shore. Fifteen minutes later they were back scrounging for food, but at least they got off the boat. Small victories are still victories.
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