The last time I was in Palermo was 1958, which at the time was a neat town. One of the things I rembered was the incredible cable that crossed the Straits of Mesinna (probly spelled it wrong) and folks walking on a footbridge atop the cable. If I recall correctly, the cable was nearly 8 feet in diameter and suspended approximately 500 feet above the water. In town, many of the larger homes were surrounded by stone walls, and the tops of the walls were covered with concrete imbedded with shards of broken glass to prevent intruders.

Man that was a long time ago,

Gary