November 19, 2011

Siracusa, new city with old history

one side
So, today i went to another place that you even could hear about - Siracusa. Actually i know about it only because of The Sindbad cartoon that i saw long time ago) So more or less i oped to see there something very old and beautifyl, and i succed!

another side
There are two main attractions in Siracusa: Ortigia island, that is really old and full of all kinds of old beautiful buildings, and Neapols, the ruins of Greek theater. The second is open nly till 3 and i came there 1 minute past 3,so i was unlucky with that) But i spent all day in Ortigia and i loved it. It is island but it is connected with the city by several bridges. When i was there i decided to walk around island, and on the one side sea was really stormy with huge waves, but  on the ther - totally calm, i have no idea how it was possible)

On this island you can see thousnds churches, greek ruins any many other different things, really nice, i liked it)  Then i went to that greek theater that was closed, but there i met some italian who told me a lot about its history (like tomb of Archimedes was there), and after took me to the plantation of original papirus and to some nice wild beach where we watched sunset, after what i told him that i was terribly late and asked him to take me back XD

St the evening i met my host: really nice Canadian guy, we ate some pizza, drank limoncello and watched some russian music channel (dont ask why) XD