The Sacred Way, Delphi
The Temple of Athena and Tholos. According to Lonely Planet Greece "the most striking of Delphi's monuments" is over here, but G.E.O. Tours didn't deem it worth a visit. I would have much rather gone over here than to the Delphi Museum, which was good, or, better yet, gotten back to Athens later.
Sanctuary of Athena environs, from ancient Delphi
Here, as in most of ancient Delphi, I didn't know or don't recall what I was looking at, but it was old. Most places we visited were simpler. Ancient Delphi was large, complex, and in a spectacular setting.
Woman from Chile. We had lunch with her and her husband. They're from Santiago, and recently she had been studying script-writing in Toronto as her husband studied English. At the time this was taken, they were on an extended vacation in Europe. Very nice people.
The center of the world. No surprise that it was at Delphi.
Closer view of the center of the world, with someone reaching out to touch it.
The Athenian Treasury
Temple of Athena and environs, now from a higher vantage point.
Aqueduct
Theatre, 4th century BCE
Theatre
Temple of Athena area
Walking up to the stadium
The stadium
Stadium entrance
Far end of the stadium.
Stadium
Headed back down, past the aqueduct
Beth at the water goes-outta end of this part of the aqueduct.
The business end of the aqueduct
Overlooking the Athenian Treasury
A sphinx in the Delphi museum
Same sphinx
Beth behind the "other" center of the world.
Charioteer. This bronze sculpture apparently escaped looters by being buried in an earthquake in 373 BCE
We lunched in the restaurant in the foreground. On the hillside is modern Delphi. The location on the map to the right is approximate.
Modern Delphi with zoom. Ancient Delphi was buried long ago, and when it was rediscovered, the town had been built atop it. The town was relocated to here to facilitate the excavation.
View of the Gulf of Corinth around Itea. Two small islands are visible in the bay. I believe the larger is St. Athanasios.
Itea, Greece
My suspicion is that this is the water supply for Itea.
A ship out-bound from Itea
Close-up of the ship, or as close as I could get with my zoom. At the lower right is Itea, and just off the starboard bow is St. Athanasios.
We stopped at a rug shop in Arachova.
Arachova
In the foreground is a level of a building under construction. Beyond looking out to Arachova and a mountain.
Looking down into an Arachova neighborhood.
Clock Tower, Arachova
Arachova. At this point I was hustling back to the tour bus, but had plenty of time.
Many ridges between Delphi and Athens had wind power, a very positive thing.
Probably a bauxite mine. This was taken from the bus.
The same probable bauxite mine, also taken from the bus.
Getting back to Athens.
