Sicily!

Aiya, are we in Greece? Well, Sicily culture is a mix of Italian, Arab, and Greek. These temples were built like 2500 years ago! Since we haven't had a chance to go to Greece yet, this was our first time admiring Greek architecture. However, Agrigento, the city that hosts the most famous temple site, Valley of the Temples, is not accommodation friendly. The hotels may be the best choice but they are expensive. Other types of accommodation (such as hostels) are economical yet quality is questionable. We stayed in a centrally located hostel with helpful owners (which was highly recommended online) but the street noise and 3 cockroaches proved to be too much for our nerves. We actually liked another Greek temple more in Selinunte (on the southwest coast) because we can walk inside the ruined temple (photo on the right from above).

Overall, I like Sicily a lot. It's surrounded by ocean, has wonderful food (more salty and spicy), nice weather most of the year, and friendly people. We skipped big cities (ex. Palermo, Catania, etc.) this time because we wanted to drive through Sicily by countryside roads. It was a cool destination to wrap up our expedition in Italy before our return.

PS. I thought only Japanese would sleep in a confined cube... apparently I was mistaken. I couldn't believe my eyes when I saw a German tourist bus pulling a rollable hotel. I wouldn't like to travel like that.