Had a late breakfast at 8.30 & after discussing with Luca, our host decided to go to Trapani on the north west coast tomorrow. Walked down to the bus station & enquired about buses to Trapani & then caught a bus down to the Valley of the Temples where there are a string of Greek temple ruins dating back to the mid 500s BC. They include the ruins of the largest Temple ever found of Greek origin, that of Zeus, which took 70 years but was never complet...

We walked down to the Central Station to catch a 10.30 bus to Agrigento & as we were early sat down & had a mineral water in a cafe. Much to our consternation very few people & no buses were waiting in the area. At about 10.20 we saw a bus but were told that it was an airport shuttle & that no buses went to Agrigento today as it is May Day, a public holiday. Luckily for us we knew that there was a train due to leave in about 10 minutes so off we w...