The Legacy of Ancient Greece and Rome in Italy |
March 22
March 22 11:19am
March 22 11:47am Segesta: temple Inaugural temple. It is large. The number of photographs for each temple, is inversely proportional to the order they were visited. This first temple has the most photographs. Photographic interest wanes with each passing temple. |
 Segesta: templeMeg, wondering where all her people went. Herding cats I tell ya. Herdin' cats. |
March 22 11:42am Segesta: theater Considering the theater's openness to the elements, it's acoustics are astoundingly cozy. Aqueduct in the distance survives in great condition. |
March 22 12:16pm
March 22 12:17am Segesta: theater Intrepid travelers spontaneously form a new hip-hop duo. Be careful or you'll get served. |
March 22 12:29pm Melia azedarach L.Family Meliaceae Rosary Bead Tree Or for the Japanese Pop Culture inclined, Pachinko Tree. Little musk scented rosary bead sized spherical fruits- rumored to be poisonous. Useful as insect repellant. |
| Segesta: theater adjacent Neatly stacked Lego. Round peg supporting square hole. Tempted to knock down. |
March 22 12:31pm
March 22 2:49pm| Near Selinunte: cave di cusa The rock quarry. One of my favorite sites on the trip. Very interesting to see how columns were made. Very humbling experience to realize the level of effort required to build temples. Which is exactly what the temples were designed to elicit. |
March 22 2:49pm
March 22 2:56pm Near Selinunte: cave di cusaThe source of inspiration for Good Humor Push Pops. Near Selinunte: cave di cusa: unidentified tree |
March 22 4:05pm| Selinunte: temple q If these were Greek temples, why aren't they named with the greek alphabet? |
| Selinunte: temple q These were early designs for Hot Dog on a Stick stores. Due to high costs, schedule over runs, and a tendency to topple over at the slightest earthquake, this particular design was abandoned twenty centuries ago. However, the fluting designs in the columns survive in the vertical stripe pattern used for modern Hot Dog on a Stick uniforms. |
March 22 4:07pm| Selinunte: temple w Manessa escapes the scene, after accidentally causing temple w to collapse with her newly discovered power of super strength. I have photographic evidence of this misdeed, and shall use it to blackmail. |
March 22 4:33pm
March 22 4:44pm
March 23 7:37am Agrigento: grand dei templi hotel Kirk to Enterprise. Two to beam up. |
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