For our final day here we went to the archeological park called the Valle dei Templi, just 3 km from where we are staying. It turned out to be a free admission day being the first Sunday of the month, we’ve noticed this before but never seem to hit it right. We expected it to be packed with people but it wasn’t too bad. We were here 34 years ago when we were heading to Africa on a ferry out of Trapani. We have a picture of George standing in front of a column from then so we spent the day trying to find the particular spot but weren’t successful unfortunately. Either something has been changed or it was from another site, but we’re pretty sure it was from here. George hasn’t changed much at all.
Anyway it was another fascinating trip back in time to about 500 BC. We saw several mostly intact temples, artifacts, foundations, tombs, aquaducts and the Kolymbethra Garden which has been restored to what it is believed to have been like. We saw many almond, pistachio, and citrus fruit trees in the gardens and around the site in general. The Sicilans eat a lot of these types of nuts. The almonds are fresh and delicious, they taste like marzipan even without the sugar. (one of the few nuts I can have)
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