September 6 – Agrigento Scavenger Hunt: Where’s Our Hotel?

Several students joined us on the bus ride from Sciacca to Agrigento, keeping us entertained with their antics and funny noises from the back of the bus. We were deposited at the main station in Agrigento, high on a hill above both the sea and the temples. Immediately we began looking for the local bus [...]

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Tempio della Concordia

It was not only the grandeur of the temples of Agrigento that made us gasp in awe — indeed, they were spectacular. Because of our difficulty in finding our hotel, our arrival was much later that originally planned. This turned out to be in our favor. The day was still warm, but the sun now [...]

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Tempio de Giunone

Tempio di Giunone, dedicated to Juno (Hera)
One end of the Tempio de Giunone still shows signs of fire suffered during a sacking by the Carthaginians in the early 400’s B.C. The Romans rebuilt it, only to have it destroyed again by earthquake.

The opposite side of Tempio di Giunone
 

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Amongst the Stones and Columns

From this now crumbling picture window, ancient worshipers may have looked longingly towards the watery passage back to Greece.

As often occurs on our travels, old meets new. We joined a beaming throng looking on as a glowing bride and groom had wedding pictures taken amongst the stones and columns — a celebration of a new [...]

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