Doing the Charleston & Meeting Nazis in Mondello

It was worth walking 6,457 kilometers around the Mediterranean Sea just to discover the glorious “floating” Charleston restaurant and bathing complex in Mondello, Sicily.

Created in the late 1920s, a recent renovation has made the Charleston look as spiffy as new.

I was so excited to stumble onto it about fifteen kilometers out of Palermo today that I couldn’t resist shooting it from several angles as I walked by.

And then the next thing I ran into was one of the better disguised German pillbox/bunkers from World War II. It’s not as fashionable as the Charleston but the reminder of the Nazis blends right in with the rocky coast on Cape Gallo.

Discovering the Charleston on arrival in Mondello from Palermo.

Approaching the Charleston.

Doing the Charleston.

Leaving the Charleston.

A well-camouflaged Nazi bunker still stands near Mondello, Sicily. Credits: Joel Stratte-McClure

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Posted on May 3, 2010 by Joel in Follow The Idiot, Mediterranean Pix, MedTrekking

About Joel

Joel Stratte-McClure has been a global trekker since the 1970s. He lived in France for over 30 years, working as a journalist, before he turned his attention to a unique life-time-project of walking the shores of the Mediterranean. The first 4,401 kilometers are explored in his inspirational and entertaining first book "The Idiot and the Odyssey: Walking the Mediterranean." The next 4,401 kilometers are covered in the gods-filled sequel, "The Idiot and the Odyssey II: Myth, Madness and Magic on the Mediterranean,” published on Valentine's Day 2013. The last 4,401 kilometers will be discussed in the last book of the trilogy currently entitled "The Idiot and the Odyssey III: Alexander the Great Walks the Mediterranean."

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