Our second day of outings was to the city of Caltabellotta, which is located about 40 minutes north of our hotel. You can actually see the area from our hotel and Jason had made a comment on the first day that he wanted to go up there and wondered how long it would take - little did we know!! The town is 3,100 feet above sea level and is an ancient village with a medieval center. Just a little history -- in 1090, the already fortified village was taken from the Arabs by the Norman king Count Roger, who built the Chiesa Madre and fortified the now ruined castle. It was in this castle in 1194 that William III, heir to the Norman throne, and his mother were imprisoned and probably murdered by Emperor Henry VI; it was also the site of the signing of the 1302 peace treaty between Frederick II of Aragon and Charles of Valois, putting an end to the Sicilian Vespers. It was such a beautiful drive through the town. The roads are so small that at one point, with all th...