Night 2 and a bit of the morning

Last night after the conferences, a bunch of us went to the Venus pizzeria (there's a temple to Venus in Erice), had some pizza (no charge because of the conference) and 4 bottles of wine (we were 14 people). The entire meal cost us less than 5 Euros each, and our wine was pretty tasty. Afterwards, a couple of us made our way to the San Rocco Cafe for a pint, before we remembered the existence of what we call the 'free wine room', a piano room containing two casks of something that looks like amaretto but is somewhere between that and wine. 

Interestingly enough, when the casks are empty, they magically get replaced.

The talks this morning were a bit theory heavy, not exacctly my cup of tea, but after lunch at Ulysses (sardine pasta and fried fish) I walked back to the castle in an attempt to get a picture form the very top. Unfortunately, access to it seems to be closed off, albeit there does seem to be a (and I quote) "Cafeteria / Long Drinks" built inside the castle, but I've yet to see it open. 

There is however a part of the castle that you can visit, but I didn't have enough time this afternoon. It's likely tomorrow's activity. On the way back, I tried going a different way back to the hotel and ended walking halfway around Erice. It was a nice walk, byt my shoes are on their last legs, especially considering the cobblestone roads, and it is hot. 32C in th sun. It's not too humid, but I'm burning through my clothes twice as fast as I thought I would be.