We woke up early sunday morning to head from catania to siracusa, our home for the week. But on our way we made a side trip to see the valley of the temples, near Agrigento.
The temples were built around 700 bc and are located on a hill. Each temple served a different purpose, or to worship a different god. Today only 3 of the original temples remain. The design of the temples is very similar to that of greek temples, except much less elaborate and smaller.
For this portion of our trip, we have 2 guides: a local guide who only speaks Italian and a translator who often forgets that he is translating. Therefore, it was hard to understand and absorb everything that he was trying to tell our group.
After our journey down the mountain, we were greeted by our bus which took us off to lunch. We ate lunch in a beautiful restaurant that overlooked a pictureous beach. However, that was the only thing good about the restaurant. I had fried calamari that was overcooked and rubbery. I'm pretty sure the restaurant had two menus: one for tourists and one for locals. Because I saw people getting food that was not on our limited menu and the prices seemed a bit steep for the food that we got.
After lunch, we had some time to go out on the beach and enjoy the sun before heading to syracusa.
Once we arrived to the hotel, we had a chance to change and get ready for dinner, which was downstairs. The food there too was less than deseriable.
After dinner, we went out to a local gelatoria where I got 2 for 1€. They were a breath of fresh air, especially considering all the food misses earlier in the day. We then walked to the coast, which is a harbor and walked around for a bit before heading back to the room to call it a night.
-Until
Matt
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