Delphi
Friday, May 8
Siena and I left the house with Eleni around 8am and we drove about 2.5 hours to Delphi. We walked through the ruins that sit on the side of a mountain, and climbed our way in the hot sun up to the stadium. Afterwards, we walked through the museum that holds the gifts people from all over the world gave as an offering to the oracle.
After a snack, we continued on the road through the mountains for a couple of hours. We stopped for a real meal at a restaurant that had a patio right on the water. The owner of the restaurant was the son of a sailor and his widow, and he was also an artist. Siena showed him the couple of water colors she had with her, and he complimented her work.
We had "egg pie", cabbage leaves stuffed with meat and rice, potatoes, pork, and Greek salad. We fed some ducks in the water near our table with some stale bread the waitress provided. We were the only people in the whole place since it was a weekday, and it was very peaceful. You could hear the lapping of the waves against the stones of the patio under our feet.
We continued our drive up the coast, all the way to the bridge that connects the mainland to Peloponnisos. It was built in 2004 and it was quite a sight! From there, we followed the same course that we took on our first full day in Greece on the train ride to Kalavrita. We stopped at the narrow Corinth Canal that separates Peloponnisos from the mainland. We even got to see a boat go through it.
We continued driving through Athens to get to Pallini on the other side. We were so tired from the long day on the road that we just ordered souvlaki take out and relaxed. Since it was our last night with Simon, Eleni, Yia Yia, and Despina, we took this time to present them with some gifts we brought from the U.S. Siena even gave them a couple of her photographs from her photography class in Florence.
Siena and I packed our bags and went to bed.. The next day was our journey to Florence!
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