Delphi

This weekend we took a trip to Delphi with Dan, Stacey and Colin. It was a beautiful fall day in Greece with the temperature reaching into the mid 80s. This is this first time we have been out of Athens in a while so it could have been 40 and raining and it still would have been nice. Some of you may need to delve into your Greek Mythology to remember but...Delphi was the site of the Delphic Oracle, the most important in the classical Greek world, and it was a major site for the worship of the god Apollo. It is now thought that the Oracle was actually sitting on vent which produced vapors which caused hallucinations which were mistaken for "visions." They also have a great museum where you can view all of the artifacts that they have found while excavating the site. After the site and the museum we went down to the very cute little town and had a great lunch complete with ice cream and coffee. In the winter there is a ski resort open not too far away which we may check out this winter. That is if I can get David back up on skis again! Below are some pictures from our trip!

View of Delphi

David and Colin at Delphi. David convinced Colin there was a monster in every little cave we saw and he loved it!

This is a huge bee we saw on the path.

This is a turtle we saw when we were walking that David, Colin and Dan were all equally excited about.

David in the old stadium