Southern Tour - part 2.

It was so nice to be able to go on this trip - it was such a nice mix of planned activities and free time to let the group relax.
When I last left off, I had conquered a castle.
Wednesday morning we woke up and we had a free day. I slept until about 8:45 and I was going to get up and take a shower --- however, I woke up and found out that there was no water. The workers had turned it off without warning so that they could fix the heat. So, I went down to the restaurant and ate breakfast with everyone else who was in shambles because we couldn't get water! Finally, around 10 the water came back on and I took a nice long HOT shower because it had been so cold while I was sleeping.

I went down to the store right next door to the hotel and bought a sandwich and some water and went and sat on the terrace of the hotel with Amy, Nick and Tyler. Coulter came out and had his swim suit on and pointed to a cliff and told us he was going to go jump off of it.
We decided to go down to the beach so we could get a better view. Well, we chose the perfect moment to go down to the water! When we got down there a bunch of people from our group were in a boat and yelling for us to jump in! So, we paid 5 Euros each for an AWESOME boat tour of the grottoes and the coast of the town we were on. And, what made it even better was the music selection (it was probably like, Now 8 or something -- Genie in a Bottle, Britney Spears, Boyz 2 Men -- it was awesome). We were dancing and laughing and had a fantastic time!!

We had a photo shoot on the boat because JT looked like a Polo or Nautica model. It was pretty humorous.


After that we watched Ellie jump off the cliff that Coulter jumped off of - she was so brave! That night we went to one of the most depressing places ever; Catania. It was so dark and dreary. All the buildings were made out of lava rock so they were gray and dingy looking...but they supposedly were not really dirty.
We ate with the church members there and then had a devotional. After that, they did some traditional Sicilian dances for us. It was a blast!

These are some of the dancers and their pretty skirts.


Thursday morning we got up pretty early and left for Agrigento.
We stopped at some ancient villa on the way there. I liked it so much that I couldn't take pictures I was just so moved (not).
Agrigento is on the southern coast of Sicily. It was controlled by the Greeks and the Romans at different times. But, there are several pretty SWEET Greek temples left in ruins there. Such as this one.


Okay I must leave again for a bazillion hours of class.
More to come.
Ciao!