We toured the bridge of the ship before we headed out. At the helm was Will. Will is 20 years old at the most, but he has been studying and working since he was 18 and is now a certified 3rd officer. then it was off to the ruins of Delphi. The ruins of the Temple system at Delphi were lost to the ravages of history until it was re-discovered in 1880's. This rediscovery happened as a result of basement repairs in one of the houses in the town that had been built atop the site. The Government then moved the town people a few miles down the road and further down the mountain. Then we drove up the side of a mountain to get to the site of the Oracle of Delphi and it was a good 2 hours of trudging over uneven steps before the tour was over.
Our visit to the bridge
Will explained all the the equipment
Our charted path
The ships that we are sharing these water with
We all took turns driving the ship
Leslie is flooring it!
Kris is more hands off
Dave channeled his inner Captain Hazelwood
I see the Kracken in the distance
The stink eye is all it takes to vanquish the beast
Will bows to my power
The port of Itea
The side thrusters are stirring up the bottom
1,000,200 Olive threes
As far as the eye can see
Switchback after switchback
Irrigation canals
A loop in our road
the entire valley is Olive trees
We have arrived
Ruins everywhere
The Temple of Apollo
A spare column piece
An entire water management system
Bringing the mountain spring water to the area
Shops were here to sell goods for the offerings
Stalls all along the path
74 different building stood on the grounds
Many walls
Different foundations
Deep ravines off in the distance
The site is right in front of a sheer mountain face
The Athenian Treasury reconstructed
As the story goes Delphi is the exact center of Greece. Apollo released an eagle from the west and an eagle from the east. They met each other at this point, the navel of Greece. The stone represents the navel
The new Oracle overcome by the vapors
The treasury was one of 37 treasuries here
A curved wall representing the serpent that once ruled this area
Every 8 years a ceremony was held to celebrate a new youth that was chosen to spend 8 years in exile. He was in exile to emulate the time Apollo spent alone to cleanse himself after killing the snake monster
The color match the cliff face
The treasury building
More bits and pieces
the ruins cover a huge area
Temple of Apollo
One of the many offerings to Apollo given to the site by different groups and cities
Round bast to aa huge pillar
The base to yet another statue
Back in its heyday
The footprint is most large
A great setting
5000 folks could sit here
Make it 5002
Or 5005
In the 60's they used the theater
The original street sign
Column and pediment
Another sarcophagus
How the village was in 1880's when the discovery of the ruins were made
