Delphi to Thiva

That morning I thought I got up early ready to be at the Delphi Archaeological site as they opened the doors at 8:30. Only after about and hour and a half of touring and listening to hesitant explanations by a group of Canadian Classics students I joined did I become aware of this. Of course this discovery changed my plans completely. After the Yogi -the-Bear hatted, mustached, Canadian guy said something like "well it's about ten to eleven now, so we can still go down the Apollo's temple" I darted down the hill, jumped on my bike and just made it a few minutes late for my official check out time at the hotel. I then began my long journey up to the sky resort town, about 300 meters uphill and west of Delphi, in  what I initially thought  was going to be late morning, but what turned out to be mid day. And it was hot. Followed by a group of local biker kids at the end of the climb I made it up to the town.

Leaving Delphi

As I reached the peak at mid-day heat I cried out to the great Gods of this ancient land: "Ho, ye gods - give me a break". And so, Hermes the God of travelers who was also looking out for the weak and the weary that day, heard my cry and provided me with a 20 Km decent, followed by a relative plateau until I reached my final destination. As the sun began to fall lower in the sky and became dimmer as it was covered by the evening haze, I reached the city of Thiva.

Small sky resort village

After the climb to the peak

Small sky resort village

Small Sky resort village

On the way to Thiva

Looking back at the mountains

On the way to Thiva