Delphi

Well Delphi takes the cake. Definatley my favoraite place in Greece.
The air smells of spring, all sweet with fruit blossoms and spring
flowers. And the people are actually nice! Not at all like Athens.

I spent the day wandering through the ruins here with a sweet couple
from the Netherlands and their adorable little baby girl.

Then after a short lunch I went wandering. There are hiking paths into
the mountains. I decided to wander up one to see if I could find the
Cortcion Cave. It looked close on the map. I forgot water and regreted
that within five minutes of my hike.

As I was going around a bend I was startend by what sounded like a
hiss just to the right of my head. I jumped with a start and when I
looked, it was a turtle. Ha, we scared the piss out of eachother. I
took a quick picture and watched him for a minute. When we startled
eachother he had slid down the little hill he was climbing. He seemed
to still be able to climb from where he slid so I left him alone.

I reminded myself to watch more closely for wildlife. And not two
minute later I almost stepped on another turtle. This one was stuck on
it's back. I found a stick and helped him roll over. He poked his
head out after a few seconds. Took a picture and told him to be more
careful then continued on my way.

I was starteled again by a little snake the resmbled Kali and
Mohinder. I will hve to look on the Internet to see what sorts of
snakes live here.

Later I saw another turtle meandering through the flowers.

The veiws from the trail where breathtaking. I snapped a few pictures
of the ruins from above and of the mountain scapes.

I told myself I could hike upwards as late as 4:00 but ended up
turning around at 3:50. I had a bus to catch a six.

I got back to town with very sore feet, a killer thirst and enough
time to send a few emails and eat.

At the cafe where the bus station is the boy running the bar assured
me a pizza would be ready in time to take with me. It was but the
service in Greece being the way it is trying to get my bill and a box
before the bus came and went was challanging.

Then as the poor kid is running out with my bag this disgusting wale
of a man, who was too lazy to sell me a ticket for the bus eairlier
and told me just to do it later, shouts at us to "hurry up, move your
ass." spittel spraying from his mouth as he spoke. I glared at him
with a disgusted face and wondered how fast his bluber ass would move
and what a sickning picture it would be in his too-tight dirty grey
tshirt that exposed part of his belly. He must be from Athens.

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