Messina, Italy - 4th April, 2019

Messina or Sicily is our port today.  It was raining so no one really did much.  The ship was docked in a very strategic place and we just had to walk across the road and a couple of blocks to the main attraction on the island - the 15th Century Messina Cathedral which houses an astronomical clock and animated bell tower.

At the top, the lion roars, the hen crows and in the two naves, the statues of the apostles and virgin Mary appear.

As the apostles go around, they bend in the middle to give respect to the Virgin Mary.