Delphi, Greece

Started making my way down to the Greek Isles.  It is a rather long trek from Thessaloniki, so I cut the journey into two days.  Day one brought me into the small and rather empty town of Delphi.  I am sure that in season there would be a considerable amount of people milling about, and checking out what the famous Oracle was up to, but on Halloween, there were just four pensioners, two punk rockers, an Asian couple, me, and a bunch of empty restaurants.  To be honest, I prefer touring out of season.  No long lines, no people in your shots, hotels are 70 percent off, and it is not 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) outside.

The City of Delphi is a quaint little town, and most famous for its 1,200 year (800BC to 400AD) female resident, Pythia, the High Priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi, aka the Oracle of Delphi.  The question that I have is this, why did she leave in 400AD, or approximately 25 years after the temple was destroyed by an earthquake.  One would think that an Oracle, and not just any Oracle, but the most powerful Oracle to have ever resided in Greece, would have seen the earthquake coming, and would have left in 374AD or earlier.  Just saying.

Delphi Valley

Remnants of the Temple of Apollo

Amphitheater in foreground, Temple of Apollo in the background

I head off to the ferry terminal tomorrow, then onto the Greek Isles. 

Stage Distance: 235 mi (379 km)
Total Distance Traveled: 21,819 mi (35,192 km) 
Countries/Territories Visited: USA, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Morocco, Gibraltar, France, Monaco, Italy, Vatican City, San Marino, Slovenia, Austria, Slovakia, Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Ukraine, Transnistria, Moldova, Romania, Bulgaria, Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Albania, Kosovo, Macedonia, Greece