Athens: Day 4

We took a bus tour to Delphi on the fourth day. They picked us up in front of our hotel and spent almost another hour picking other people up at theirs. It would've been better if they'd just told everyone to meet in the central square so we could start out earlier considering it was a 2 hour drive each way, but whatever. The drive started out kinda crappy, foggy like crazy and we couldn't see a thing. We were all worried that there wouldn't be a great view and we wouldn't get the full Delphi experience. But about half an hour before we got there, the fog vanished into thin air and all that was left was a bright sunny blue sky. The mountains were amazing, unlike anything we've ever seen before. In the distance was a snow-covered Mount Parnasus and it was beautiful.

We arrived at our destination, the Temple of Apollo. Mostly ruins spread over the side of one of the mountains. Apparently they used to sacrifice goats and other small animals to the gods there. This is also where the Oracle was located, which is kinda like that scene in "300". The tour guide said that there once was a small building where they kept her inside, with little or no ventilation, as ether fumed out of the ground. She was so jacked up that she would just spew incoherent ramblings, and that's what the elders would use to make important decisions. Sweet.

On the way back we stopped at a nice restaraunt on the side of a mountain where they served us a pretty descent meal. There was a walkway to a balcony so you could look out into the valley and see the water, but I can't remember what sea it was. We also stopped at a scenic lookout to see this small village that people come to go skiing during the winter. It was really cool because the whole village was basically built into the side of the mountain. We hit some traffic on the way back, so it took about 3 hours or so, part of which we slept during.

We got back to town, wandered around until dinner time, then went back to the restaraunt that we had eaten at a couple nights before cuz it was so damn good.