June 3
We spent most of our day either driving or visiting ancient Greek ruins but now Peter has seen all the major Greek archeological sites in Sicily. Of course, there are many more but Segesta, Selinute and Agrigento are not only the most famous, but also the best preserved.
We discovered Saturday (I think it was Saturday; very hard to keep the days straight) that with Peter’s handicap car placard and his ID that says he’s over 65, we can get into these sites for free. I had to pay at Segesta but we both got in free at Selinute and Agrigento. Very cool. That means we saved over 40 euro at the 3 sites. We never tried it at Ostia and Paestum but now that we know we’ll give it a shot everywhere we go.
Our first stop today was the Archeological Park of Selinute which was one of the most important Greek colonies in Sicily and dates back to 656BC. Most of these temples don’t have names, just letters. We only saw four as the park was very large and we didn’t feel like walking that far.
Then we drove 90 minutes to the Valley of the Temples in Agrigento. This is probably the most famous, and the most popular, of the archeological sites in Sicily. I visited there quite a few times when I lived here but it’s much more developed now with restaurants and, more importantly, bathrooms.
We didn’t get to see the Temple of Castir and Pollack as it was a very long walk, and we didn’t have the energy. I showed Peter a picture of it from when I was here before.
It was after 3pm when we finally got back to our car and headed to Lucati where we’re spending the next two days. After getting settled into our 2BR flat, we took a stroll for some delicious gelato. It had been 3 whole days and our gelato blood levels are dropped dangerously low. We had a nice home cooked dinner and spent the rest of the evening relaxing.
Tomorrow we’re going to spend the day relaxing even more and enjoying the nice weather. Can’t wait.