We decided to take a day off the sailing and caught a bus to the ancient
city of Delphi, some 30 minutes inlands from Itea.
During the antiques Delphi was regarded as the center of the world and
as you probably know also inhabited the Oracle of Delphi, giving advices to
rulers of that time. This era lasted from like 800 BC to 200 AD. We are talking
about 1000 years, a long period.
The ancient city is really beautifully situated on a mountain slope with
spectacular surrounding views.
It was of course very hot walking up and down in the sloping city, but
gusting winds gave some ventilation – and stirred up huge amounts of dust. The mixture
of salt from the sailing and dust form Delphi made Sally’s hair feel like steel
wool, or rather used steel wool.
We saw the stone representing the center of the world, Sally even touched it, the remainings of
the Apollo temple where the Oracle was to be found. And the well preserved amphitheater
and stadium for the games held there (not the Olympic though).
A nice lunch in Delphi town at a restaurant with panorama windows over
the Itea bay and the bus back to Itea for a rest in the boat ended the journey.
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