Since we had already paid for a rental car, we decided to go and grab one, since the problems had…read moreeventually worked themselves out, and go for a drive around Southern Italy. Well, one of the things that I wanted to do was visit the site were the battle of Cannae was fought. There does happen to be some ruins here, though the problem was that it was shut. In fact there was no indication of whether it would be reopening - ever. Well, that was really disappointing, though we did get to stand on Hannibul's killing fields, even if it is nothing more than olive groves these days.