Travel to Italy and Arriving in Sicily Our flight from LA to Rome left on Wednesday, April 24th round 4 pm and we arrived in Rome around Noon. After about 5 hours in the Rome airport we left for Palermo, Sicily and arrived at our hotel around 7:30 pm. It had been a long day of travel, but we were thankful that we had no major delays or travel hiccups. The fact that we had wait 5 hours for our connecting flight and there was nowhere to lay down or rest in the Rome airport meant that we had no choice but to 'push through' and get adjusted to the new time. The 1 hour flight from Rome to Palermo was painless. As we looked down on Palermo from above we noticed a pretty significant haze hanging over the Island. We later learned that this haze was residual sand in the air from a recent Sirocco wind event that had ended a day or two prior to our arrival. Our hotel was called the 'Eurostar Central Palace' and it was pretty basic, but fine for just one night. The location ...