Agrigento

Agrigento.

There is life still after Spring Break! I spent most of the week recovering from the trip, listening to stories about the other student's crazy escapades on their own Spring Break adventures, collecting pictures attempting to record my Spring Break in blog form, and settling back into the routine of classes and life in Ortigia. I restocked my vastly depleted stores from the market and scanned some more sheet music for the archives where I volunteer. I worked on homework in the sunshine with an ocean view and finally put my feet in the Mediterranean. I exchanged English for Arabic with my friend Kamal. At MCAS, we celebrated the 150th anniversary of Italy's unification (which also happened to be St. Patrick's day) with a lecture, wine, and cake.

Temple of Juno Lacinia.

On Friday we departed on my favorite school field trip yet, this time to Agrigento.

Temple of Concordia.

The spectacular temples were well worth the 3 or 4 hour long bus ride!

The temple of Zeus reconstructed.

We briefly explored four temples on the outcropping next to Agrigento and dashed through the Museum in order to make it back in time for some students to get to Rome for a marathon.

From the Temple of Olympian Zeus.

This site really needs more time to be experienced and would be well worth a return visit!














 


The weather has been much warmer lately, consequently, I have been spending a good deal of time outside basking in the sunshine! Mornings here are beautiful but as the day wears on the temperature drops and evenings are quite chilly.

A few days ago Trapani Ariport was closed to civilians in order to use it as as launching point for Libyan air strikes, which affected a few of my fellow student's travel arrangements. Thankfully though, despite the turmoil in Africa, here in Syracuse things are still very quiet.

I am off to Vendicari and Pantalica next, keep in tune for some amazing pictures.