Well, we were up earlier this morning. We had to meet the tour bus on base at 8:30 a.m. Juan booked a tour to Agrigento's Valley of the Temples and dinner at a Sicilian winery, Bagliesi. It was a great day!
The drive over to the southwest quarter of Sicily took about 2.5 hours. Our first stop was Valley of the Temples, a Greek colony built around 580 BC and later seiged by the Romans around 200 BC. Old stuff and amazingly the best preserved Greek temple in the world. We had a guided tour (Temple Building 101)through the acropolis of Agrigento. These structures were built before the birth of Christ!
After some great photo ops the bus delivered us to the Bagliei Winery for a "light" lunch and wine tasting. The "light" lunch began with a buffet of hor derves (cheese, salad, frittata, veggies, focaccia, etc), followed by the best italian sausage I've evern eaten, then on to Sicilian orange slices sprinkled in fresh pistachio, and ice cream.
After a great afternoon we jumped back on the bus for the ride back to camp. Off to bed we go. Tomorrow Juan returns to work and Tony and I are venturing out alone.
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