Agrigento

Friday, 7/7/06, we took a lengthy bus trip to Agrigento, and it was well worth the time it took to get there. I was originally interested in coming to Sicily to see ancient Greek and Roman ruins, and the trip to Agrigento did not disappoint. The ruins in the Valley of the Temples were extraordinary, and we were amazed to find out that we could not only touch the marble slabs but also at times climb all over them. It was an amazing adventure, and hopefully not my last opportunity to see classical ruins in person rather than in textbooks. Seeing both Greek and Roman temples in one site, side by side, illustrated the early history of Sicily and the synchronicity of both cultures in a way that text descriptions could not.