Nafsika Palace Delphi

... being followed by crazy Greek museum worker women who kept giving us a verbal countdown of when we needed to get out.

We took a little break after the museum and sat down at an outdoor café for a while. We played with the wild but friendly kittens before venturing out for the last sites of the day: the Kastalian Spring, the Sanctuary of Athena, and the Pythian Games practice field. The spring had no water running but it was still cool to see the empty area where legend has ...

... then this lady was telling us Lamia was somewhere else. The train still happened to be sitting at the platform, stopping longer than normal, so we ran back onto the train. We asked some guy standing by the bathrooms where Lamia was and he said, “This is Lamia.” We had no idea what to do then so we ran back off the train right as it was about to pull away and went back inside the train station. We figured we had to be in Lamia and the train station ...

... 8217;t quite fathom why the bus hadn’t gone to Omonia Sqaure since there were no traffic restrictions along that route. However it was an opportunity for us to stretch our legs after a day of mostly sitting down. We bought a baguette, some cheese and olives and some wine from the neighbouring general store and had this as a meal in our room as we sorted photos, internet and diary. We also did some packing for our cruise which starts tomorrow.

... along the Sacred Path you can see the remains of the market stalls, and imagine people picking up their souvenir "I ...

... statue made of gold and ivory, all the items found in the treasury, and the huge sculptures still in tact from the temple and surrounding ruins was amazing. The wildflowers all along the hills are reason enough to visit the site in the spring. It was also our first year anniversary, and I am not sure we could have picked a nicer location to celebrate.

... of the hotel, which worked out better than it sounds. Beautiful Basil was our program representative for this trip, and she sat in on both classes as our guest. I was especially proud of Groom, Disney, Blink Blink, and Chopper, who led excellent peer facilitations and really showed off to Basil what they've been learning. Later we all hoofed it together to the taverna for the last dinner I am hosting out of the program entertainment fund. The rain was dumping in buckets by the ...

... adorable little cobblestone streets and canals...so charming. It was lovely, but it sort of misted/lightly rained on and off all day. Truly though, it did not deter me from having a lovely time exploring such a lovely, simple place. I returned to my little Marriott home and happily hopped into the bed, where I squirmed about in JOY at the thought of holding a remote control for the first time in nearly 3 months :) I quickly found out ...

... with spectacular views in every direction, and to its sense of architectural symmetry that sites each of its major features in the one perfect place.

The Sacred Way forms a backward letter "S" as it winds it way through the market place and up past the various "treasuries" to the Temple of Apollo where the Oracle spoke as the voice of the God. The stone work along this route is remarkable with each piece fitting exactly into the irregular ...

... caught my eye. This is the Winged Sphinx of Naxians, it was presevered quite well. Quite different from the Great Sphinx in Giza.















What is this? Apparently this was the center of the Universe in greek mythology! It's Omphalos. I would expect the ...