Perfect ending to a great day!
Wonderful to see by the lights. This is the Temple of Concordia. Of course all these where pagan temples which were turned Christian during the Crusades - fun times. In the 1700, Spain removed all Christian reference turned them back into their original conditions for posterity - Gracias!
Lovely sights as day gave way to evening.
By the way, we did the tour at night - great idea by Jenee.
This is the Temple of Herakles (Hercules).
Jenée kept setting up this shot by saying "a little more to you're left". She's funny, she said I look like a "statue head". Women!
From Sciacca, we sailed to San Leone to visit Agrigento, another of the worlds oldest cities and the "Valley of the Temples" the oldest Greek ruins outside of Athens - 500 BC.
Next up is this mountain top village of Catabellotta el. 2500' and a castle (Castella del Luna) which is oh, about a 1000 years old. We had to take a bus for 1.5 hours, then hoof it 60 minutes to the top. Unfortunately, the castle was closed for repairs - marone! Fortunately, we ran into this nice family who drove us back to the boat - Prego!
Speaking of great views, Jungle can be seen 3rd boat from the left - stern out. Sciacca is a hilltop city such as many Sicilian towns to protect themselves from the pirates over the ages.
This is actually a driveway with a great view.
A long set of steps down another Sciacca via.
And, she said I looked very brave in my headgear. She dubbed me Sir James, Dork of Sciacca. So I got that going for me.
Jenée is very much the medeval princess.
Scared, I'm not scared!
We did tour this fort built in 1300 AD.
The churches always seem to be the historical and architectural centerpieces. This photo doesn't show well, but the stained glass at the top is the same "eye" displayed on the US dollar bill.
Our next stop is the town of Sciacca (shak-a). As with all Sicily, a ton of history and beauty. Sicily itself has been ruled by as many as 10 different cultures over the millenia. Italy is the most recent ruling nation. It's no wonder they refer to themselves as Sicilians first. Southern Sicily exhibits a definite African influence, while Northern Sicily exhibits Spanish and other European influences. Couldn't meet nicer people.
We found the old town piazza with all the little streets and shops. We did a great deal of walking and really enjoyed Marsala. Not much English spoken here, but nice people and great pizza!
We landed in Marsala - that's right, of Marsala wine. Nice little town. This was an interesting sculpture called "bucking donkey with lady shooting water out of her boobies" Perhaps that was a bad translation, I'll look into it.
We did some fancy sailing of our own. We're demonstrating "wing on wing" where the main is flown to he port side and the jib to starboard (with the help of the whisker pole). We sailed like this through the night at 7-8 kts - we're flying baby!
That's a short tour of Sardinia. Here is Koinonia under reefed sails on her way to Sicily's north coast. Jungle set sail to the south coast, so it's bon voyage boys!
We did find this great spot where the locals go. Great food under the trees and grape vines.
Evidently, this kayak-water polo game is pretty big here.
After a bumpy ride we pull in to the capital city of Caglieri (Cal-yer-ee) and lo and behold we end up beside our Florida buddies from North Africa and Menorca on Koinonia. Don't ask me what it means - I guess this is the second one. From left to right we have Don, Scott and Charlie - good guys on their way to Croatia. Once they land they plan to tour Italy with their separate families.
We finally made it to Greece and the internet! Here we are sailing out of Menorca for a overnight sail to Sardinia.
Perfect ending to a great day!
Wonderful to see by the lights. This is the Temple of Concordia. Of course all these where pagan temples which were turned Christian during the Crusades - fun times. In the 1700, Spain removed all Christian reference turned them back into their original conditions for posterity - Gracias!
Lovely sights as day gave way to evening.
By the way, we did the tour at night - great idea by Jenee.
This is the Temple of Herakles (Hercules).
Jenée kept setting up this shot by saying "a little more to you're left". She's funny, she said I look like a "statue head". Women!
From Sciacca, we sailed to San Leone to visit Agrigento, another of the worlds oldest cities and the "Valley of the Temples" the oldest Greek ruins outside of Athens - 500 BC.
Next up is this mountain top village of Catabellotta el. 2500' and a castle (Castella del Luna) which is oh, about a 1000 years old. We had to take a bus for 1.5 hours, then hoof it 60 minutes to the top. Unfortunately, the castle was closed for repairs - marone! Fortunately, we ran into this nice family who drove us back to the boat - Prego!
Speaking of great views, Jungle can be seen 3rd boat from the left - stern out. Sciacca is a hilltop city such as many Sicilian towns to protect themselves from the pirates over the ages.
This is actually a driveway with a great view.
A long set of steps down another Sciacca via.
And, she said I looked very brave in my headgear. She dubbed me Sir James, Dork of Sciacca. So I got that going for me.
Jenée is very much the medeval princess.
Scared, I'm not scared! 
We did tour this fort built in 1300 AD.
The churches always seem to be the historical and architectural centerpieces. This photo doesn't show well, but the stained glass at the top is the same "eye" displayed on the US dollar bill.
Our next stop is the town of Sciacca (shak-a). As with all Sicily, a ton of history and beauty. Sicily itself has been ruled by as many as 10 different cultures over the millenia. Italy is the most recent ruling nation. It's no wonder they refer to themselves as Sicilians first. Southern Sicily exhibits a definite African influence, while Northern Sicily exhibits Spanish and other European influences. Couldn't meet nicer people.
We found the old town piazza with all the little streets and shops. We did a great deal of walking and really enjoyed Marsala. Not much English spoken here, but nice people and great pizza!
We landed in Marsala - that's right, of Marsala wine. Nice little town. This was an interesting sculpture called "bucking donkey with lady shooting water out of her boobies" Perhaps that was a bad translation, I'll look into it.
We did some fancy sailing of our own. We're demonstrating "wing on wing" where the main is flown to he port side and the jib to starboard (with the help of the whisker pole). We sailed like this through the night at 7-8 kts - we're flying baby!
That's a short tour of Sardinia. Here is Koinonia under reefed sails on her way to Sicily's north coast. Jungle set sail to the south coast, so it's bon voyage boys!
We did find this great spot where the locals go. Great food under the trees and grape vines.
Evidently, this kayak-water polo game is pretty big here.
After a bumpy ride we pull in to the capital city of Caglieri (Cal-yer-ee) and lo and behold we end up beside our Florida buddies from North Africa and Menorca on Koinonia. Don't ask me what it means - I guess this is the second one. From left to right we have Don, Scott and Charlie - good guys on their way to Croatia. Once they land they plan to tour Italy with their separate families.
We finally made it to Greece and the internet! Here we are sailing out of Menorca for a overnight sail to Sardinia.
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