George Easton
Delphi
The events of today were as follows: we awoke at 6:50 so as to be on the road by 8:00 to Delphi. From there it took about two hours to arrive at Delphi; during which we stopped at a Greek supermarket to acquire some means of sustenance, in the case of my companion and me; ham, bread, and mayonnaise. Upon our arrival the first thing of note was the rather brisk temperature of 4 degrees, with windchill of course added to this. One would in normal situations wear a larger number of layers, however, the intermittent and inconsistent nature of the sun's appearance and disappearance made any one comfortable arrangement of clothing impractical and resulted in a change of clothes as frequent and as superfluous given the circumstances as fly spray at a picnic. In the end most simply said <<stuff it>> and wore t shirts.
The site at Delphi can only be described as marvellous, housing some of the most spectacular views this side of the Aegean and of course the most renowned oracle in the land. We went through the winding ascent slowly enough as to be able to capture the full scale and awesome grandeur the site must have had in days long passed. Pictures were taken at the temple of Apollo, the amphitheater, and knowledge of the lore of the land was imparted upon us, such as the story of Apollo slaying the great Python, grandchild of the Earth mother Gaia, which resulted in his having to spend nine years as a human shepherd to Admetus' flock, and the existence of the Panathenian and Pythian games, ancient events rivalling today's Olympics in which peoples came together from all parts to pit their might, speed, and in contrast to our modern games, their musical, dramatic, and lyrical prowess against one another.
Alongside the obvious stunning views and beauty of the ancient architecture, we saw some stray cats who were very persistent in their hunting of our aforementioned food, which eventually resulted in the spraying of large amounts of our precious aqua, and made the peaceful act of eating our ham and mayonnaise near impossible. Some rather angry Greeks then required we move our seating place a total of two times. Having seen Delphi in full we then began the bus ride back home.
