Sciacca-->Siracusa

We departed Guiseppe's Porta Bagni B&B on Friday mixing in a little Murphy's Law, the card reader at his place wasn't working.  He offered me the opportunity to pay him later via PayPal or bank transfer but he was so nice, and the place so comfortable, I told him I'd go to the bankomat to get some cash.  Down the 4 flights and a nice walk to in town, while Kathie sat double parked waiting, and then back up to the B&B; naturally his machine worked when I returned, slightly perspiring.  All is well and when we get to our write ups for our stays his will receive high quality marks.

We drove east, through Agrigento and actually saw some of the temples and ruins near the road.......they looked pretty much like the other Greek temples and some rocks; we made the right call the day prior.  We then headed north to Sicily's navel, Enna, a city on top of a hill that for centuries was the most difficult place to capture by an invading army.  At an elevation of about 3000m and a straight cliff up this place has remarkable views across the Sicilian landscape.

Looks like the navel of Sicily from this Goolge map screenshot:

 

 

A cool story from Enna's history:  The Syrian born slave Eunus led a revolt from 135-132 BC in Enna.  The city was so easily defended, as you can see from the dramatic cliff sides, that the Roman army had to surround the town and starve them out as they couldn't recapture it.  

Here is Eunus' statue, the breaker of chains behind a maintenance fence near the Enna castle which is just left and off the above picture.

 

 

Naturally I flew the drone, it was really windy:  Enna

We arrived in Siracusa, the island of Ortigia, around 5pm and checked into our B&B for the evening.  Looks like a great choice for the next several days.

Ciao