Okay, I know I said the next stop was Palermo, but we stopped on the way. We stopped at Segesta, an ancient sight with lots to see. We first went up to the top of a hill and explored the remains of a very small town. This town was unique because it was inhabited by an indigenous population of Sicily, people living on Sicily before the Greeks got here. They had already established a town here, when the Greeks, moving West came to their territory. We know that the Greeks lived amongst them for some time, however they eventually split up due to the fact that the Greeks were trying to conquer the island. This town has the ruins of a Greek market, a Greek Theatre, a Muslim Mosque and a Norman church and castle, all on a very small hill top. While only the foundations of the church, mosque and castle remain, the greek theatre is mostly intact. So of course I had to take a few photos. There was also a spectacular view behind the theatre so I snapped a few pics of that too. And in that selfie you can see two of my professors, on the right in the red hat is my mythology teacher. Dude is an archeologist that gets to explore ancient Greek ruins. Fun job. Then on the left in all green is "Mafia Guy" as we call him. And yes, he has a glorious beard.
So after the fun there, we headed to the adjacent hill where there was a Greek temple. It was never finished, so it was never dedicated to a God, because the Greeks started a war with the people, so the works were pulled off this site. And yes, I took a selfie in front of that too.
Then we had lunch at another national park called Cappo Gallo which was another beautiful coast line. After that, we departed for Palermo (for real this time).