a casual stroll

After seeing the sun set we decided to walk part of the way down the mountain and enjoy the warm night rather than take the bus. On our way down a very friendly young Sicilian couple stopped their car to offer us a ride down the mountain (or at least that's what I think they said given it was all in Italian!) and although we felt perfectly safe in accepting their offer we were enjoying the night and the view and continued our trek down the mountain. But long after the sun had set we didn't see a single bus we discovered the very friendly young Sicilian couple obviously knew something we didn't and we realised we would have to make it down the mountain on foot. I think it took us around 3 hours to walk down the mountain and then back through the town to our hotel and so by the time we got back we were completely exhausted. It was a long day, but so much more adventurous than taking the bus with the rest of the tourists!