Plano B

The girls nap the rest of the afternoon in he small bedroom with the AC. Deb somehow manages to ask the elderly Italian caretaker/cook if we can use the laundry. Palermo was so hot we went through 2-3 changes of clothes a day. On a separate note Deb short circuited her FitBit by sweating all over it the first morning out. Note to self. The laundry is an 'about to break down' machine with complicated Italian instructions and of course no dryer. Two loads later everything is hung on the lines to dry.
Dinner is between 7 and 10. We choose 9. We are the only patrons. The waitress (not sure who she is exactly but she was there at lunch serving and now for dinner) has donned a vest.
She asks us what we want. But there is no menu and we have no idea what there is! So we suggest pasta (seems safe and the pasta at lunch was incredible). She also brings us some antipasta to start: fried eggplant, sqush with olive oil and some fried cheese (a Sicilian specialty). Then the pasta. Even better than the lunch pasta. Fresh basil- sort of a very light pesto. Then some thin chicken cutlets and fresh tomatoes and basil. Dessert is fruit. The dinner is great. The local wine is excellent but we have resolved to leave by morning!
We all sleep in the small bedroom- three in the bed and one on a twin mattress pulled in from the other room. No one gets much sleep but at least it is cool.
The plan is for our guide and driver to take us back to Palermo after the day of touring the area and the. We will spend one more night there so that we can catch the 8AM bus to Siracusa.
The next morning we have some coffee and breads with locally made jams outside (we all agree this is a beautiful place between the hours of 2 and 8 AM!). We have our guide explain our early departure and arrange for a hotel in Palermo. We have to forfeit the night of course- since he couldn't rent it out at such short notice- but we are doubtful anyone is lined up to stay there there hottest month of the year.