Amalia Delphi

... crops of tomatoes, cotton (tractors pulling cages full of cotton balls), olives, onions, almonds, pistachios and several others. It was initially very flat until we neared Livadia and Arachoda and climbed through the mountains with Mount Parnassus dominating at 2,457 metres. Delphi is situated on the slopes of the latter mountain and was the site where oracles were set up to give the wealthy citizens of Athens a forecast on whether their enterprises or travels ...

... amp; fine temperature, light breeze. Far off in the distance I can see massed clouds hanging over the valley down towards Athens. Ah, to be up in the hills, basking in it! After about an hour, they are not so far any more & I am beginning to regret discarding proper cagoule for lightweight thingy in pack that doesn't keep the water out at all... 
Am getting strong sense of the kind of impression ...

... Don't. So decide to press on to Delphi, now we on this road. Most spectacular approach into heartland of Greece: massive mountains on all sides! Huge perspectives; staggering roads.
As we head up to the ancient seat of worship and myth, sun legendarily breaks through!
Find magnificent camping - views down to Gulf of Corinth. The ancients called this the 'navel of the world': you can see why.
Museum a must; well-presented artefacts & ...

... us to give us the latest news and pictures as they see it on TV.



I try to forget the incident for a couple of minutes, and I take a couple of photos from the round area until we get that phone call telling us that everything is ok.



Kamena Vourla is a tourist costal area. Both Greeks and foreigners visit it the whole year round. A few kms from this village ...

... on the edge of the mountain and eat some delicious greek meals in the breathtaking view. Wake up in the morning, and go walk on the streets. It is not so hot early in the morning and you'll find it even more pleasing than in the night. If you go there in winter, keep in mind that in Parnassos, which is higher in the mountain, you will find the best greek location for winter sports.

... Delphi, which is nestled into the side of the mountain overlooking the valley. Under the scorching sun, we tromped though the site with our umbrellas up for some shade. The ruins were along the Sacred Way and well-labelled, but we also had information in our book.


Delphi was famous because the ancients considered it to be the centre of the Earth. A chasm in the earth (due to an earthquake ...

... priest and told to the waiting people in the theater. It was a trill to walk among these ancient sights. We then crossed the street and walked down to the ruins of the gymnasium and the temple to Athena. While walking around this site we came across a local pig who was finding all kinds of food to eat. After we left Delphi we headed back into Arachova ...

... ruinerne jo laa hoejt oppe. En masse smukke billeder fik vi taget. Til aften havde vi udset os en hyggelig graesk restaurant, som desvaerre - af en uforklarelig grund - havde valgt ikke at aabne den aften. I stedet fandt vi et andet sted med middelmaadig mad og en lidt kedelig betjening. Men maette blev vi da i det mindste :) Soendag tog vi videre til Athen, da vi skulle naa at tjekke ind inden vi skulle hente Anette kl. 2.20 i lufthavnen.

... that I thought was interesting was the mindset that this produced. It's like your fate was set no matter what. Even if you went to the oracle and got a prophesy there was nothing you could do to change it, and you never knew if you interpreted the prophesy right. Just as a side note, you could also go to the temple to get away from someone who was pursuing you. While you were their, they couldn't kill you - maybe cut off your supplies and starve you to death - but they couldn't flat ...