One of the pleasures of traveling is stumbling on memorable scenes of everyday life.  So it was as we waited to gain admittance to the <\/span><\/span>Capella Palatina<\/strong><\/a> <\/span>in <\/span><\/span>Palazzo dei Normanni,<\/b> Palermo.  As we paid to enter the complex, we were told the chapel was closed for an hour for a “private function”.  This gave us time to wander through those other rooms in the palazzo that were open that day, returning to the Capella an hour later just as a crowd was leaving the small royal chapel.<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a wonderful Sicilian wedding!  A beautiful bride and proud groom had just been joined in matrimony in one of the most spectacular churches on the planet.  Their cadre of well-groomed friends and family were there to wish them well!  I’m not sure how much influence it takes to have your marriage held in a royal chapel, but it must be pretty substantial.  Here’s some of the scenes we saw:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n \t