The tour ended up being great. Our guide was fun and a fountain of information about Delphi and the oracles. The Temple of Apollo was were the oracles lived and gave their prophecies. It would have been amazing to see this place in its hay day. Inside the museum there is a picture of what it is thought to have looked like and the pathway leading up to the Temple of Apollo is just littered with statues and offerings and treasuries. Ben said it reminded him of an out door museum.
After the museum and before heading back to Athens, we stopped at a restaurant for lunch. We sat with a couple from Israel and a mother daughter pair from Portugal. It was fun to talk with them and learn about the different cultures. Three of us were teachers, four including Ben, so most of our conversations centered around the education systems in the various countries we were all from.
After lunch we stopped in another little town to walk around for a bit and then we headed back to Athens. Once we got back, Ben and I went around to get last minute souvenirs, check in for our flight and eat one last yummy souvlaki. We had to get up at 5am to catch the train to the airport.
The Roman Agora (agora means market). It is the first thing on the path that leads to the Temple of Apollo.
The beginning of the original pathway leading to the Temple of Apollo.
The "omfalo" (navel). Zeus wanted to find the center of the universe so he set out two eagles flying in opposite directions. They met in Delphi at this very spot so it was called the "omfalo" of the universe.
The Athenian Treasury
The Temple of Apollo
The theater that was just behind the temple.
The stadium
Inside the museum at Delphi.
The original marker of the "omfalo"
This is the little city we stopped in after lunch. Down in the valley are planted 400,000 olive trees.
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