Saturday morning was rough getting up, given that I only had
about 5 hours of sleep. The hotel
provided a free breakfast that consisted of two fresh rolls and two boiled
eggs. We were told there were cafes
nearby with croissants and pastries but we weren’t able to find a single
one. So when we spotted Dr. Holliday
going around the corner Jen took off after him to see where he was going. While searching for him some nice old man at
a café asked her if she was looking for something and she replied, “yes breakfast
quick!” The man hurried off while she
came to retrieve me from the hotel and we went to the café. The little man was so cute and he kept
offering us café while we waited. He
cooked us a perfect egg with fresh sliced tomatoes on the side. I know I keep saying it but these were
honestly THE BEST tomatoes to date, I have never seen a tomato so red and
perfect, I was so excited. This was
breakfast from heaven for me. On top of
that, he gave us an entire loaf of bread to feast on as well.
After breakfast our group all congregated in the lobby to
walk to the bus to take us to Delphi.
The bus ride was about a 3-hour ride and we shared the bus with 5 other
people on the tour. All the people
except two sat in the font, where normal adults sit, but one couple took the
back row and hung out with our group. It
was kind of weird for us but the group just brushed it off and went with
it. Well we were right that the
situation was weird…the couple definitely had a few screws loose. The bus had to pull over about an hour into
the trip so the lady could use the bathroom but we were all convinced she had
to go do drugs or something fishy really quick. The lady
was in platform wedges probably 3 inches tall with a low cut shirt with long
sleeves, all black, and high waisted shorts that her butt was hanging out
of…clearly something was not right because we were going to ruins where you
climb rocks…straight dumb.
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| Beautiful views to Delphi |
The bus stopped another 30 minutes later for the scheduled
break we were supposed to have and I tried a Greek pastry with cheese in the
middle that was heated perfectly. It was
the perfect snack. When we finally
arrived at Delphi we were broken up into groups and had a student from the
History 100 class lead us and tell us about the different spots of the
ruins. John was our tour guide and we
had a perfect group of five people.
Grupo Numero Uno! – Our slogan for the day. He showed us everything from the Temple of
Athena to the Stadium where races were held and the theater of the Greeks. Everything was so cool to experience and it
was so cool to think that I was walking where those famous Greeks used to as
well.
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| Hanging out at the rest stop |
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| Grupo numero uno! |
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| Jake and I at the ruins |
After wandering around the ruins for a few hours we headed
back into the small winter skiing town for a picnic lunch. After lunch we had some time to walk through
the rest of the town and do some shopping.
Most stores were closed because it was there off season but the ones we
found were good finds. The entire bus
met back up at 5 to start our drive home, but of course problems arose. The lovely couple from the back row were late
to begin with and not only that, the lady “lost” her passport. We had to drive back through the town to each
store and bar they went to so the boyfriend could look for it. The last place was the place they ate at and
the guy came back on the bus with, not her passport, but her entire purse. We were all thinking what this lady could’ve
been on to leave a huge purse in the open at a bar. Dr. Goetz was pretty funny because she kept
making comments while talking to us like “well while we’re wasting time, lets
talk about Greek food” because she along with the rest of us were all annoyed
with this couple.
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| Town of Delphi |
We finally got back to the hotel around 8:30 and everyone
showered and got pretty to go to dinner at 10.
While looking for a place to eat, we got stopped by a man from a
restaurant who offered us either a free drink or 10% off of our meal so we
decided to eat there. Christine and I
shared an appetizer of Gruyere cheese with tomatoes and herbs wrapped in filo
dough and baked. And for dinner I tried
moussaka. Moussaka is kind of similar to
lasagna but made with eggplant, potatoes, and meat layered on top with a
béchamel sauce on top of it all and baked to perfection. I loved my entire meal.
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| Gruyere Cheese |
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| Moussaka |
After dinner we wandered around looking for a bar to hangout
and dance at. We found one place called
Tiki but the prices were ridiculous so many of us just decided to call it a
night. After a day full of walking and
another day ahead of us, my entire room went back and we hung out a little before
all crashing to sleep.
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