Day 13 - Small towns in Sicily

We started our day in the little town of Erice. My leader's guide called it "a medieval mountain fortress...tiny cobblestone streets wind through the town, with numerous shops and pastry stores." Perfect description. There is also a castle, actually there were 2, although we only went to one - Pepoli Castle, built in the 12th or 13th century. It was built as a fortress to protect Trapani Harbour.







Next stop was Trapani...home of the saltmines. We climbed up in the windmill to get a good view of the salt fields. These fields produce 100 million tons of salt each year...that's what Karina was told! That's a lot of salt!

Segesta was our next stop. Here are the ruins of a HUGE Greek temple...said to be one of the most impressive Greek ruins outside of Greece.

We were back at the hotel by 5 p.m. A lot of us went to the pool and some of us went on a long walk looking for an ATM machine and cards for digital cameras. After three tries we got an ATM to work...I found...no, Chad found a card for me...but poor Chad, we struck out for his camera. He said he TOLD HIS DAD he needed another 2Gig card before he left! Maybe Fathers don't always know best, but usually!

It is the end of Day 13.