Bonjourno,
We are sorry for skipping a day in the blog, but our hotel in Siracusa did not have internet access the second night! We had a wonderful first day, beginning with our trip to the catacomb di s. Giovanni (one of the earliest catacombs) and a visit to a Greek archeological museum, all within walking distance of our hotel. Later that afternoon we traveled over the bridge to a small island where we enjoyed a very interesting lunch (some food had tentacles!) followed by a tour of the cathedral and town. It was a fantastic day followed by mass at the Church of Saint Lucy (Patron Saint of eyes) and another dinner at the hotel and a good night’s rest before our early travels this morning.
Today, Sunday, we began our morning a little earlier with packing up all of our bags and moving out of our first hotel. We traveled to ruins of both a Greek and Roman theatres. The weather was 70’s and sunny. While you were all sleeping, we were enjoying the sun and scenery of Sicily. We then jumped into the bus for a two hour drive to a small town where they discovered beautiful mosaics in 1929 which they are still restoring. Another 2 hour drive lay ahead of us in which Fr. Joensen entertained us with a wonderful lecture about philosophy and the history of Agrigento our current location in Sicily. We are all very tired and ready for an early bed time as our wakeup call is scheduled for 6:30 and a full day of events lies ahead. We are finding that internet is harder and harder to come by, so check often but know we are all thinking of you and anxious to keep you updated on our travels.
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