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Feb 18, 2009 - Day 6 - Delphi - Athens

Day 6 - Delphi and onto Athens

Today we checked out of our hotel and left Patras. ... On the way back to Athens we stopped at Delphi and visited the museum and ruins. ...
The day started out cold and rainy, but as we drove up through the mountains it began to clear.Day 6 - Delphi and onto Athens

Today we checked out of our hotel and left Patras. ... On the way back to Athens we stopped at Delphi and visited the museum and ruins. ...
The day started out cold and rainy, but as we drove up through the mountains it began to clear....

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Nov 12, 2008 - Arachova and Delphi

We continued our trip to the mountain town of Arachova. I had sagonaki (fried cheese) yumm!!! We are now at Delphi, tomorrow we will tour the Temple of Apollo where the famous Oracle made many predictions. ... Today I drank from the Castilla Spring which is supposed to make you get married in the next year; I vowed it was marriage to mother earth and drank it anyway b/c I was out of water.We continued our trip to the mountain town of Arachova. I had sagonaki (fried cheese) yumm!!! We are now at Delphi, tomorrow we will tour the Temple of Apollo where the famous Oracle made many predictions. ... Today I drank from the Castilla Spring which is supposed to make you get married in the next year; I vowed it was marriage to mother earth and drank it anyway b/c I was out of water....

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Greece 2008

Aug 31, 2008 - Delphi

Ancient Delphi, sitting on the slopes of Mt. ... In classical times, people traveled from all over the Mediterranean to visit the Delphic oracle at the Temple of Apollo. ... According to our guide, geologists have determined that a methane vent existed at the site during ancient times.Ancient Delphi, sitting on the slopes of Mt. ... In classical times, people traveled from all over the Mediterranean to visit the Delphic oracle at the Temple of Apollo. ... According to our guide, geologists have determined that a methane vent existed at the site during ancient times....

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May 25, 2008 - Day trip to Dephi

Greetings! Today we took a trip to the ancient site of Delphi (pronounced DEL-fee). ... Delphi is the site where the great temple to Apollo was built, about 1000 years before the Parthenon on the lower slopes of Mt. ... Apollo, one of the most important Olympian gods, was associated with prophecy and Delphi was the seat of ancient Greece’s most famous and powerful oracle. ... Today, we saw the ruins of Delphi. ...

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May 6, 2005 - Greek Odyssey

Hello - I have just a short time before my bus leaves so this has to be short. Aegean, ferry, Samos, Greek coffee, Pythagaroa, beach, rocks, sea, tomatoes, feta, onion, olives, olive oil, sunset, balcony, ferry, Naxos, ferry, Santorini, villa, caldera, troglodyte, tomatoes, feta, onion, olives, olive oil, bread, Sunset Bar, shops, Naoussa, balcony, taverna, ferry, Mykonos, Greek coffee, St Stephanos, Greek Easter, windmills, passages, tomatoes, feta, onion, olives, olive oil, bread, Delos, gymnasium, stadium, cisterns, temples, stoas, theatre, mosaics, House of Tridents, Mykonos, beach, sun, ferry, Piraeus, metro, Acropolis, Parthenon, National Museum, Poseidon or Zeus, bronze jockey, tomatoes, feta, onion, olives, olive oil, bread, Agora, Socrates, temple of Nike, temple of Zeus, walking, Mohawk, bus, Delphi, Gulf of Corinth, tomatoes, feta, onion, olives, olive oil, bread, Mt Parnassus, Treasury of Athenians, Temple of Apollo, stadium, Nero, Sybil, omens, charioteer, thola of Athena, walking, walking, walking . ...

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