Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Valley of Temples

Yesterday, Mel, Richard and I drove from the eastern coast of Sicily on the Ionian Sea across to the southern coastal town of Agrigento on the Mediterranean Sea, to see the Valley of Temples, a series of ancient Greek Temples constructed between the 5th and 6th centuries BC. Pictures of one such temple taken BEFORE and AFTER Mel parked the car are above and below.

Richard seemed particularly enamoured with one of the sculptures, saying he finally found a beautiful woman in Italy who made him look tanned. I think his infatuation had less to do with skin tone, but he did have a point.

After dining in San Leone, we crossed Sicily again, this time to the northern coast of this triangular island, to the city of Palermo on the Tyrrhenian Sea, for the purpose of assisting a young football team, the Cardinals. Having lost an outside linebacker to injury on the last play of the game against Milan, Mel also needed to steal their best athlete and teach him how to play the position for our game this week.

3 seas in 1 day -- not bad.
A few football team pics below, including pre-game and post-game shots...











1 comment:

  1. It is SO good to see the smiles back on the Elephant's faces now that they are winning again.

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