“Warm Welcome!” By the time we reached Piazza Armerina we had been travelling for over 20 hours due to unforeseen hitches in our plane connections. As we had not rented a car, we took the bus from Catania to Piazza Armerina, where Giuseppe picked us up, took us back to the B&B, and treated us to a light dinner including wonderful fresh tomatoes and mozzarella cheese. We then proceeded to our room to recover from our jet lag. The room was large, clean and simply furnished. One thing we really appreciated were the bedside reading lamps, not something you always find. Breakfast was delicious - especially Signora Maria's home-made jam (we took a jar of plum jam with us). We chatted over the meal with a very pleasant French couple who were going to visit the Roman Villa and offered us a lift in their car. Otherwise we would have tried to flag down the city bus to the Villa, which passes by the end of the road. Who knows whether it would have stopped! (If you are visiting Piazza Armerina itself, it's a good thing to know that almost everything closes for the afternoon - we were disappointed not to be able to visit the cathedral.) Our thanks to Giuseppe, Signora Maria and family for their great hospitality.