Delphi

I hope everyone had a great weekend and so far a fabulous week. School is going as well as it can, homework is of course a pain when all you want to do is go and explore Greece. But I am almost done with some classes and I am getting super excited for Thanksgiving!!!

This past weekend we went to Delphi. We left early on Saturday for a three hour bus ride, which was not that horrible. We arrived in Delphi around noon and had lunch. From the picture above you can see that there is no town around the ruins. The town is off to the right about a mile or so and is named Delphi. However, archeologists are told that there was a town built somewhere near the ruins which is the true town of Delphi, but because of the mountains and the terrain it does not seem possible. But Robert our history professor took us to the lower sanctuary, which in the picture is off to the left and lower. There they had treasuries, temple of Athena, and a gymnasium. All were really cool to see even though there was not much left. We called it a day by 2:30pm and went to our hotel, which had an amazing view, and decided to walk around the town. Sadly, everything was closed so we didn't wander for too long. I did some homework and took a nap until dinner and then played some games after dinner and then called it a night.

On Sunday, was when we climbed up to the higher sanctuary where the temple of Apollo resided, the Athenian treasury was there, some other treasuries, a theatre, and the stadium was at the very top. I nearly died hiking up it, but what else is new. The view was spectacular, and the picture above is on the hike back down from the stadium with the theatre in the foreground, then the temple of Apollo behind it, and the Athenian treasury is the small square building. The mountains everywhere just added to the gloriousness.

We went to the museum there which had a lot of artifacts from the sanctuaries. We then started making the trip home, but we stopped at a monastery, St. Luke (not the famous St. Luke), which was built with the most beautiful scenery. Honestly, these monks sure no how to pick'em. One of my classmates said she wouldn't mind becoming a monk with view a like that. We made it back to Athens by 4pm so we had plenty of time to make a cake for my roommate, Brita, who's birthday it was. We made her dinner and bought a bottle of wine for her, so I think she had a good birthday.

Like I said this week has been filled with homework and busyness. However, tomorrow I am planning on seeing New Moon (twilight) with some friends and before that ordering pizza. So it will be a relaxing start for the weekend. Hope you all are doing well and getting better if you have been sick or hurt. I miss you all so much, especially during this time of year. I love you all!!