Remember how I said the tower of Pisa is old? Joking! At Segesta there's a temple and amphitheatre dating back to the 5th century BCE and they are in excellent shape. Being a not-so-nice Sunday morning in January, we were pretty much alone at the site. There was an American couple, and a handful of others (we kept trying to help the American couple by translating for them, though I'm not sure how much they appreciated it...)
Sitting on the stone seats, I kept trying to picture Greeks in robes, as they perform their dramas and tragedies. It certainly makes history come alive, as you realise that they were once a people, alive as I am.
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