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“Delphi is a town on Mount Parnassus in the south of mainland Greece. It's the site of the 4th-century-B.C. Temple of Apollo, once home to a legendary oracle. This extensive mountainside archaeological complex contains the remains of the sanctuaries of Apollo and Athena Pronaia, plus a stadium and a theatre. Delphi Archaeological Museum displays artifacts found among the ruins.”
Delphi-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-10 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-12 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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“Among the Ancient Greeks, it was a widespread belief that Delphi was the center of the world. According to the myth regarding the founding of the Delphic Oracle, Zeus, in his attempt to locate the center of the earth, launched two eagles from the two ends of the world, and the eagles, starting simultaneously and flying at equal speed, crossed their paths above the area of Delphi. From this point, Zeus threw a stone from the sky to see where it will fall. The stone fell at Delphi, which since then was considered to be the center of the world, the omphalos - "navel of the earth". Indeed, the same stone thrown by Zeus took the same name and became the symbol of Apollo, the sacred Oracle and more generally of the region of Delphi.”
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Archaeological tour of Europe now? Dan I notice someone has stolen the jewels from the statue
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Archaeological tour of Europe now? Dan I notice someone has stolen the jewels from the statue
Not long now for time
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You know a few things get lots after 2500 years. Yes!!!! So excited to see you guys. GRAPPA!!!!!!!
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When we took out the “heavy Duty” tube it had a 2 cm rent in it. It looked like a tube failure. We carefully inspected the outside and inside of the tire (especially after last year in Iceland with the burred metal shard when we had to change the tire out twice and patch the second tube).
Delphi-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We replaced the tube.
Delphi-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Delphi-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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We set off but found there was still a slow leak that got progressively more rapid. We were not 1/12 hours from Athens and had to meet our friend in 30 minutes. We filled the tire and drove the 8 km to the village of Thisvi. Luckily there was a gas station for fuel and air. Also luckily the attendant spoke English perfectly and called our friend to let him know we would not be there as expected.
We limped along and stopped every 15 km to pump up the tire and made it to the small city of Thivia.
Screen Shot 2016-06-08 at 20.07.43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Screen Shot 2016-06-08 at 20.05.51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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The changing of the guards at the parliament. These guys have to preform the routine and then stand there for 5 hours! When we saw them it was 2 am.
Athens-17 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Saturday we rode into the city to try and see the ruins on the Acropolis. This is very expensive at 20 Euros each and mobbed with people. It was also very hot. So all round we did not enjoy this that much. The hang overs did not help.
Athens-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-29 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-28 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-18 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-32 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-30 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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Sunday we rode up to the beach for some Greek R&R.
Screen Shot 2016-06-19 at 23.08.31 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-3 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens CC-6 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-34 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens-33 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens CC-9 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens CC-8 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Athens CC-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
We had a chance to hear Petros's band Bad Apple play!
Bad Apple Band-4 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Bad Apple Band-2 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Bad Apple Band-5 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Bad Apple Band-7 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
Bad Apple Band by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr
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