Delphi Ruins

Little did we know that this day brought us unwanted images and unforeseen memories. Today is the day, our view shifts. What do I want to write about?

The first time we encountered a lifeless cat on the street was in the early morning hours in the old town of Nafplion. It stirred me. The varicoloured lights of the evening before had …

... just coming towards us. We had enough of hitchhiking for a little while. By taking different coaches we got to Delphi, which we found out had better ruins than Olympia. The ancient city where the famous Delphic oracle had been found, was situated in a ...

We arrived in Delphi and immediately explored the lower half of the ruins. Indy told us that although this entire area was sacred to Apollo, Athena Pronoia (the Athena of Foresight) had her own sanctuary here because in this location Apollo was said to ...

Our second day in Delphi began in the cool morning air that smelled of last night's rain. In ancient times, Delphi was the most visited site in Greece, where you went to seek advice from the Pythian oracle and tell the Greek world about your victories. ...

... to the Olympics). There are several main attractions in Delphi. The first is the archaeological site that contains the ruins of the Sanctuary of Apollo. Ancient Delphi was not a city, but a sanctuary- a place of worship centered on the Temple of Apollo ...

... there which looks like a waist high cone shaped rock. In reality, Delphi is near the center of ancient Greek civilization. Today Delphi is in ruins, but several of them are very well preserved. The site is on the side of a mountain, and in ancient ...

Upon returning from the Cyclades, we head off to Delphi for an afternoon trip to visit the Oracle. The view at Delphi is unbelievable (even more so because we have no photos of it!) and the ruins were really ...

... of the downtown shopping area. It was nothing special. The next day was another long travel day to Delphi. Because the public transportations system in Greece rivals that of Spain, you could hardly get anywhere by train. Therefore we had to take ...

... not to miss out on the early morning light at Delphi, a decision that was perhaps a tad regrettable. We reached the ruins of Delphi around ten in the morning, on Christmas eve. Despite it being the winter season the sun was beating down on the ruins ...

... to the sea, and a village and a harbour, with the sun setting over it all, oh it was shweet. But anyway .... Alright, Delphi, by the way, besides being the seat of the oracle, is also apparently the center of the universe. When Zeus released two ...

... , a very touristic area, and had lunch. I had a chicken gyro. I absolutely love the food here! Then on Monday we traveled to Delphi, which is considered to be the center of the Earth. Zeus apparently let two eagles fly free and they landed on a rock at ...