Delphi
Day two of Greece and
we’ve already taken a plane two busses and stayed in two hotels to get here.
Today we are exploring the ancient ruins of Delphi known as the sacred place of
the oracle and the sanctuary of Apollo. The temple of Apollo contained the
oracle or Pythia. People from al over Greece would travel to Delphi to ask the
oracle questions in hopes of guidance from her great wisdom as it was said
Apollo spoke directly through her. Unfortunately the oracle was not in when we
went. Not only is Delphi a sanctuary, but it also has a theater and stadium for
plays and sporting events. I have no idea how those athletes were able to
compete after walking all the way up that mountain though. After seeing the
grounds we visited the museum where you could see the many well preserved
remains of the treasuries, and temple that once stood in Delphi.
Athens
After visiting Delphi we set off to Athens,
our last stop on our tour. We stopped for a quick lunch at a local tourist spot
– which was evidenced by the three enormous tour groups that came in after us.
After what seemed like forever we finally arrived in Athens. I don’t think that
any of us were expecting it to look so much like a real city, if anything we
were expecting more dilapidated ancient buildings. Fortunately our hotel was
not AS old and dilapidated as we anticipated and it had an amazing view of the
Parthenon from the roof. Because P Ry refuses to waste a minute of daylight, we
dropped our stuff in our rooms and headed out to see the sites of Athens
including the Greek Parliament building, the Marble Stadium, and Hadrian’s Arch.
Lastly, our night would not have been complete without the largest Greek dinner
ever served – and gelato.
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