{"id":374,"date":"2009-02-13T13:43:35","date_gmt":"2009-02-13T13:43:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/reed_blogs\/nigelnicholson\/nicholsons\/february.html"},"modified":"2012-11-29T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2012-11-29T18:04:03","slug":"february","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/nicholsons\/february\/","title":{"rendered":"February"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>February we got to have a quick trip to western Sicily. We stayed in Erice, which is on a high peak, with narrow streets and is very misty in the morning:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/EricePortaSpada.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/EricePortaSpada-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"EricePortaSpada.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On the city walls are inscribed some words in some ancient Elymian-Phoenician alphabet:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/Ericerunes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/Ericerunes-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"Ericerunes.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/Ericerunes2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/Ericerunes2-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"Ericerunes2.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It has some beautiful castles, on the highest point of the city, where once was a famous temple of Aphrodite:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/NormanAphro.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/NormanAphro-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"NormanAphro.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/CastelloPepoli.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/CastelloPepoli-thumb-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"CastelloPepoli.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It is reputed to have had 60 churches:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/DuomodoorErice.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/DuomodoorErice-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"DuomodoorErice.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We also got to see Motya:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/Motyaboat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/Motyaboat-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"Motyaboat.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/Motyadog.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/2009\/02\/Motyadog-thumb-240x240.jpg\" alt=\"Motyadog.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Segesta<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/SegFamily.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/SegFamily-thumb-180x240.jpg\" alt=\"SegFamily.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkSegThea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkSegThea-thumb-180x240.jpg\" alt=\"MarkSegThea.jpg\" width=\"180\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And the Roman town high in the hills at Monte Iato<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkIatoThea.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkIatoThea-thumb-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"MarkIatoThea.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkIatobath.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.reed.edu\/nigelnicholson\/files\/MarkIatobath-thumb-240x180.jpg\" alt=\"MarkIatobath.jpg\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February we got to have a quick trip to western Sicily. 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