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From Catania to Siracusa

4 January 2011 By: Marlene5 Comments

We didn’t have an all-night New Year celebration here in Catania. After a short trip to Taormina, hubby and I stayed in the hotel and waited for the 12:00 o’ clock boom-boom-boom! I saw a brief fireworks display from our balcony and that was it. I went to bed when it went quiet. The next day, we drove to Siracusa as planned. It’s another city here in Sicily but it’s farther away from Catania than Taormina so we started the trip earlier. Geez, how we drove through several tunnels! Long and short tunnels are built just through the mountains.

Tempio di Apollo-Siracusa

The remains of Tempio di Apollo

Our first stop was at the old city centre of Siracusa on Ortigia island. I can’t tell much about this structure though when I saw it, I thought it was very old and meaningless. Then I spotted an information board on the side of the fence and I gazed. I didn’t understand what’s written on the board but the text “Tempio di Apollo” was enough explanation to me what this strange structure is about. According to hubby, Sicily belonged to Greece and Siracusa was the second biggest city of Greece. And this Temple of Apollo was built by the Greek in about 600 B.C.

Tempio di Apollo-Siracusa

My Apollo taking pics of another Apollo

Hubby’s knowledge in the history of world is sharper than mine. I remember studying about Greece and even Sicily in my world history subject in high school but I don’t recall anymore most of them. Poor me…

Piazza di Archimede-Siracusa

Piazza di Archimede in Siracusa

Another interesting plaza in Siracusa which reminds of the Greek origin is the Piazza di Archimede. You, mathematicians, phycists, engineers and astronomers should know about the principles that Archimedes had contributed to the world. I’d like to write more of my observation on this structure in my future posts. I have to stop now cos we need to pack our things for our trip back home tomorrow. Buonasera!

About Marlene

Marlene works as a teacher, but she blogs in her spare time. She started blogging in 2007, and since then, it has become one of her hobbies. She writes for Lemback.com, which she and her husband have built and managed but later moved to Wordpress to join other WP bloggers. Connect Marlene on Twitter

Comments

  1. Casino-on-net says

    7 January 2011 at 06:03

    You will either need to spend your first night in Catania – the buses from the airport to Catania run until midnight, or hire a private transfer to Siracusa.

    Reply
    • Marlene says

      7 January 2011 at 14:37

      Oh, thank you for your valuable suggestion. We stayed in a hotel in Catania and rented a car to drive to Siracusa. Next time, maybe we can take the bus.

      Reply
  2. Marlene says

    17 January 2011 at 22:26

    Thank you for your kind words. I still have more to write about that trip so please come back.

    Reply

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