Went to admire a huge Caravaggio in the local church of Santa Lucia showing the martyrdom of said saint. Impressive.
We then wandered into the old town which is, of course, full of tourists and attending stuff but pretty nonetheless. Great cathedral which had been built around a Greek temple - very plain except for a couple of side chapels.
Hot day so then fled to a beach several kms away - a two swim day. The return bus didn't arrive so we had to hitchhike back - a big thank you to the young couple who stopped. Dinner in a butchers shop which has 4 tables, you choose your meat.
A day out in Noto, a town destroyed in a 1693 earthquake but rebuilt in Baroque style. Very impressive but we have rather OD'd on Baroque.
A long day to cross Sicily, bus, bus, train and bus again to Agrigento. Really interesting watching the landscape change - very arid in the east then green(er) as we crossed the mountains and went west.
Agrigento is tourist town (but rather pretty anyway) because of the Valley of the Temples - lots of Greek ruins and apparently the biggest site outside Greece. We were there for four hours, really interesting, couldn't face the museum. Unfortunately didn't get to see the Roman site as it was shut but maybe enough was enough for one day.
Off to Palermo tomorrow. The end is nigh!
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