Blogs from Agrigento, Sicily, Italy, Europe - page 2

Beetje uitslapen, want we blijven de ochtend bij het zwembad. Na een goed ontbijt in de tuin, settelen we ons op 5 ligbedden, nemen af en toe een verkoelende duik, lezen wat, luisteren muziekje en doen een tukje. Het is behoorlijk warm en we zijn dan ook blij dat er in de middag een bries opsteekt die het geheel wat aangenamer maakt. Wanneer we in de gemeenschappelijke ruimte wat water willen halen, krijgen we spontaan een stokbrood aangeboden van de eigenaar. Er zijn ook nog wat croissants en koekjes en we kunnen zowaar ook cappuccino krijgen, alhoewel deze meer op een lattemacchiato met extra melk lijkt?. Maar even goed met de beste bedoelingen gemaakt. Om half vier douchen we ons even snel en rijden dan naar de Valle dei Templi om de elektrische stepjes voor morgenvroeg ... read more

We now have a few one night stops at B+B to see some interesting places. After getting our car back in the street, it had to come out of underground garage, we struggled out of Palermo. It reminded us on Naples the way they drive. Never heard of giving way or roundabouts. Anyway we made our way to Agrigento too see the Valley of the Temples. Country roads very small as well a lot of them under repair so we had to wait everywhere but we arrived around midday at a most attractive B+B. It had a restaurant as well. The most beautiful view you can imagine overlooking the Mediterranean. We left our luggage and went 13 kilometres down to the Valley of the Temples. The entrance was most confusing you just could not find it. ... read more

Cicily. Day 9. Sun 18 Oct Last night we had squid and octopus again for a starter, unfortunately the suckers kept attaching themselves to the roof of my mouth, which slowed the meal down somewhat. Otherwise it was a great meal with free wine,which went down rather better than the crawley bits and more so since Ben kept topping up my glass when I was not looking. This was preceded by a walk around the town of Sciacca and people watching. The harbour had maybe 30 or 40 fishing boats anchored which bring in tonnes of fish each day to the busy fish market. It is a bit of a climb up the steps to the main town centre where there are many churches with singing going on. When we reached the Basillica, The Church of ... read more

Okay I have now been home for a week and jetlag must be over. I have had bad dreams every single night. I wake up wondering what hotel room I'm in and if I ever got out of the maze of narrow streets in the manual shift car going uphill on a 2-way but single lane street with a hairpin turn coming up and a car coming towards me. I need to finish this blog obviously so I can get on to better dreams and be finished with Spain/Sicily 2014. From Ragusa we headed to Agrigento which should have been a simple entrance to the SS115 and then exit directly to the hotel in Agrigento. Well let me say that one tiny error added an hour or more to our trip and we saw a lot ... read more

So during our stay with Martina and O'Nofrio, we took a little day trip one day to Agrigento, who's landmark is infamous for its larger than life, sandy colored rustic looking columns scattered throughout a plateau overlooking the ocean. Agrigento was about 20 - 30 minutes away from their house, located on the southern coast of Sicily. I remember it being VERY hot this day!! When we got there, there was an indoor area type of museum which we walked around for a bit. In this museum, there was a large sand colored figure, the same color as the ruins, hoisted up on the wall, covering the entire height of the wall from ceiling to floor. It was ginormous! The museum was 2 or 3 floors, and the figure was the height of all the floors ... read more