Zeus 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 ...

... 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 &amp; I am beginning to regret discarding proper cagoule for lightweight thingy in pack that doesn't keep the water out at all... <br>Am getting strong sense of the kind of impression ...

... Ruins of Temple of Apollo even more striking. The natural landscape alone is breathtaking: 8,000 years of recorded history inflates the impression manyfold. The things they assembled here, with their technology &amp; transportation, just beggar belief!<br>A glass of chilled retsina to watch the precious sun go down prompts reflection on the many centuries of human (and otherwordly) strife and struggle in this magical land. <br> Have really arrived, at last!<br>

... hours ago there was no answer at all. Everyone was out helping. The last 45 minutes we are told to wait, and wait.<br><br>Yianni asks a friend of ours to check on the house. He is driving there now to see and call us back. We are in agony. I hope to hear good news though!<br><br>We don't know much of what is happening, and my daughter and son keep calling us ...

... 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 ...

... say no flash and so the person can't take any more pictures. We walked back to the hotel enjoying the view of the mountains and valley below. When we leave the hotel the man asks if we received a little bag from the woman who was on in the morning, we said no. He gets a little bag with two small bottles of Ouzo in it and a CD on the hotel Varonos and Delphi! He kept thanking us for coming. So it was a great price, big breakfast ...

... but just high from the gas leak into the temple! It had a view of another site &amp; we also visited the museum. We stopped at the site which holds Leonida's Monument, where the 300 Spartans dies fighting against the Persians at Thermopylae. Then onto Kalambaka.

... TWICE) to let people off because "their house is nearby". And my personal favourite: - No one knows anything about any place outside of Athens. While I might not know the bus time table between Christchurch and Invercargil off the top of my head I can at least confirm that there is a road connecting them. You cannot even get this much out of those who work in the industry. The one in Delphi had this amazing little bus stop, which was run by a man who ...

... museum was also quite interesting. We spent a couple of hours in Delphi, and then we headed towards Lamia, and afterwards - Trikala. We`d spent quite a lot of money on buses on that day, however we truly needed a break. I do not understand why don`t Greeks stop for hitchhikers? So far it`s the most difficult country for hitchhiking I have ever been to. We`re hoping that upper, in ...

Yesterday we thought we'd take a day trip out to Monemvasia, the so-called Gibraltar of Greece. The bus left Sparta at 11:30 and the journey was supposed to take a bit over two hours but it was a local bus and stopped at every little village along the way. And it wasn't just a pit stop on the road outside of town, the bus drove into the village, through impossibly narrow streets to the taverna that serves as a bus station and then it had to drive out again ...