We packed up and drove back down to San Vito again; Andy swam in the sea again ( not warm enough for me at 10 am) We visited the Friday outdoor morning market in town , tasted our first Sicilian speciality ( aricine , a fried ball of saffron flavoured rice with a tomato and pea soft centre) We then set off for Trapani, some 60 miles away, encountered a freshly dug up road and back tracked, navigated some hairpin up hill bends and arrived in the large urban town of Trapani. It took some time to locate the campervan car park; (€1.50 for first 3 hours ) the cable car ticket office for the ride up the hill to the medieval town of Erice (700m high ) was a short walk from the car park. The cable car journey cost €9 each. I had not researched how long it would take and after 5 minutes , with not much of a head for heights I started to feel tense and nauseous as it swayed in the wind . Not much fun , and too long, the 15 minute ride (for me) We wandered around the old town of 12 century Erice and visited a church, San Guiliano, with intricate and detailed plaster cast depictions of the crucifixion in the main church. I felt for children required to attend services there , but marvelled at the detailed design by the Carmelite nuns of St Theresa . We ordered a cannolo ( tubular pastry stuffed with sheeps ricotto cheese) and a coffee granite ( think slush puppy)in the cafe outside the Castello de Venus. I'd calmed down enough to manage the downward journey on the cable car without incident , and it proved to be a much smoother ride. We debated whether to go the ferry port at Trapani and take a ferry to the Edagi islands 3O mins off shore tomorrow. There were a few mitigating factors for visiting the Iola de Favignana on Saturday -: It was Friday night , staying over at a ferry port promised to be a rowdy experience, day trippers tend to visit beauty spots at weekends and despite the beauty of the island 's crystal clear waters , the island housed a maximum security prison, and the only way of getting round it was by bike . I wasn't feeling that well , and we were both tired , so we shelved that idea and drove for 90 minutes to a one star campsite ( Helios) on the south east coast , (nearest town, Triscina ) a 30 min drive from the archaeology site of Selinunte , missing Segestere's 33 Doric columned temple. You can't do 'em all . The biggest selling point for Helios was the beach access 20 steps from our van on this rather ramshackle but appealing camp site. We were lulled to sleep by the sound of waves.
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