We had a bit of a walk after breakfast and went over to a pasticceria suggested by our hotel that has been in business since 1860 and bought several pieces of La Martorana. La Martorana is marzipan shaped in the form of fruits and then glazed to look like that specific fruit and this pasticceria specializes in them. They aren't cheap and given that the marzipan is so fresh it's surprising that they aren't even a little more costly. We hadn't gotten a chance to buy any when we were in Agrigento so this was our last chance and we grabbed it. 
After our little foraging expedition we took them back to the hotel and left them there while we walked over to the marina that was just a couple blocks away. The roundabout at the end of the street has another modern sculpture, a sobering monument against the Mafia. It translates as, "to the fallen in the fight against the Mafia". I doubt that tourists ever see much in the way of Mafia activity directly but it is most definitely around.
There are many yachts in the marina and some looked very expensive, yesterday evening I went out to the harbor and spent a little time looking at the large ferries that take passengers and vehicles from Palermo to other Mediterranean cities like Genoa, Bari, and Napoli. It was interesting to watch a fleet of harbor tractors hauling semi-trailers from one ferry to another that was docked next to it. The harbor tractors were made by Ferrari and they were red, very cool.
Our flight was at 2:30 so we had to be out at the airport by about 12:00 to turn in our car and get our bags checked. As we were leaving town we saw the tops of the mountains to the south of Palermo capped in snow, not heavy snow but still white on top.
The sea was also quite turbulent with the wind and there were white caps and vigorous breakers all along the shore next to the highway. The flight back was very easy and we were in Paris by about 5:00 and back at the apartment by about 6:30 hoping for a peaceful evening.
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