Delphi

Well, I know very little about Greek History, and only a little bit about Greek Mythology, but I LOVED walking around Delphi for nearly 6 hours today. Joe is now sleeping it off, but he walked every step too. The site is just incredible, going back thousands of years, and the museum has good models showing you what the place looked like in its glory day. So many things to knock your socks off — the stadium, the temples, the theater, the many treasuries built by cities around Greece to receive the offerings of their citizens to Apollo. The site is not huge, though there is a fair amount of up and down, so there was a lot of sit down and soak it in time. Sobering to think how entire cultures and regimes were destroyed and essentially disappeared.

And p.s. I forgot to post this before we went out to dinner and it was our best meal yet. An effusive chef who came to talk to us about every course. Just terrific.Читать далее