King Iniohos Delphi

... for some potential shopping. In the village is a bust of Papanicolau, he of PAP smear fame, since this was his place of birth. On the bus with us were another 13 people who were booked on the Rotterdam cruise and we got to know them during the day. One of them, Michael from Salt Lake City was sitting next to us and showed us the Greek alphabet at one point. Lots of uni students in the US know this alphabet very early in their uni careers since they join up ...

... place must have made on people all those generations ago: it has a definite aura about it. You almost expect a faun or satyr to come strolling around one of the bushes at any moment!<br>Way up on the tops, the sky is turning blacker by the minute. I think I spy the top of a kind of brown rainbow-arc cresting the summit. Perhaps the gods really won't want me to proceed? Am a little spooked by this, I ...

... 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.<br>As we head up to the ancient seat of worship and myth, sun legendarily breaks through!<br>Find magnificent camping - views down to Gulf of Corinth. The ancients called this the 'navel of the world': you can see why.<br>Museum a must; well-presented artefacts &amp ...

... there are some hot springs as well.<br><br>In the area there are a couple of campsites, although I don&#8217;t know if campsites are so popular nowadays since hotels were not very expensive, at least this year!<br><br>GOOD NEWS!<br><br>The house is ok! My God&#8230;we are at ease now, but still worrying as to what we shall find on the way home.<br><br>.<br><br>

... and the actual prophecy that she gave. The priestess (selected by the priesthood) was considered to be the voice of the god Apollo, and people would come from all over to bring offerings to her and ask her both trivial and important questions about their lives.... catch was that only men could ask anything. If a woman wanted an answer to a question she's have to send a man to ask... (typical... psh ...

... blue water- the Gulf of Corinth. Second, people used to make pilgrimages to Delphi because there were Oracles who lived there who spoke for the god Apollo. That is pretty darn interesting! Third, Ancient Delphi ruins are situated on the slope of Mount Parnassus. The ruins are terraced on the side of the mountain and at the top of the ruins where the stadium is, when you look down you can see all the ruins: including the theater, the temple, lots of small ...

... 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 ...

... lidt af med amerikanske serier gik vi hen til museet. Vi kom gratis ind selvom vi sagde vi var 19 og hun snakkede om at man var gratis til 18 aar :s Anyways saa var det da lige 6 euro sparet der. Det var en god udstilling og bagefter gik vi ned til ruinerne. Her var der godt nok en sur dame, saa vi maatte betale for indgangen (12 euro). Vejret var rigtig dejligt og vi noed at vandre rundt selvom det var haardt for benmusklerne, da flere ...

... bombardment by the Italians some several hundred years ago when the Ottoman Turks were using the temples as a weapons arsenal for their invasion of the Athenians...sad. I have beed finding this one of the most upsetting things of the trip--the dstruction over the years of priceless monuments and art by meaningless conflicts in history. Of course I dont want to imply that they were entirely meaningless conflicts, but that war in general ...

... white and black, giving an eerie lifelike look to him. It's quite rare to have an original bronze statue from the fifth century B.C. In the final room of the chamber is an archeological find that is very important to Christian apologetics. It's the tablet mentioning Proconsul Gallio. Prior to the discovery of this artifact, many doubted the existence of such a man, and therefore doubted Paul ever went before him. Obviously, the man ...