Ruins, Ruins Everywhere!

As a correction, I know it's Hadrian's Arch...just a Typo.

Anyway, we spent Sunday traveling to Delphi, a three hour trip one way through the Greek countryside. Looked a lot like Colorado! Mountains, Alfalfa Fields and Magpies!

We hiked up to the Oracle at Delphi in the Temple of Apollo. Supposedly according to historians and geological surveys, the 'oracles' chewed hallucinagenic herbs and sat over a crack in the ground that released toxic gases, hence the 'prophetic' advice they gave. Most of the ruins have original inscriptions and are very well preserved despite the razing and burning by the Romans when they introduced Christianity.

Interestingly enough, we drove along the road where Odipus murdered his father, the King of Thebes, which set into motion the prophacy his father had been told that he would murder him and marry his mother when he was born. Myths to us are fact over here.




We departed this morning for Mycanos, from which I am typing this! So I'm going to cut this short so as to get more pics as the sun sets!