Delphi
tues. march 21
the center of the world and the site of the oracle. as it turns out, a continous flow of pilgrims visited the oracle for a solid one thousand years up and until the demise of paganism in the 300's AD.
* view of the mountains beyond
we arrived on a sunny day, the temperature was perfect, the ground was green and yellow and the sky was as blue as it could ever be. at that moment it was easy to understand why the greeks would place the navel of earth in this very spot. it is beautiful.
*the temple of Apollo
*the Tholos temple of Athena
*beautiful ruins