Hey all, Finally saw some roman runins today, pretty cool stuff with a river coming out of the rock, into a carved basin, and then dissapearing again. Took a train that had a 3 hour delay which sucked, and there were other trains but we couldnt get on them cause the system is silly (they only let people off after they start). Went to Siracuse where theres a cool old town, and got a guide to the caves who spoke pretty good english and showed us churches in the cave face and where people lived. The coolest thing about it (and probbably the only remaining obvious feature) is that they had carved the ground (or used the natural curves) to collect water into basins. And then they would sit (to remove imputities) and then they would
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