One week exactly since we left home. It feels like a month! The trip has been good so far, but Darryn has mentioned a couple of times that perhaps we should have waited. That we didn't have quite enough saved to go on this trip. Mum has said the same thing, but I didn't listen. I know they are right, but I'm still enjoying myself. And it’s obvious that Darryn is too. I wish we could continue like this forever, going from place to place. He's also getting quite creative, and he says he's got lots of great ideas for stories.
Today we headed off to the top of some mountain to see the site of the great Oracle of Delphi. We learned all about the myth of Apollo and his priestess, who would drink sulfur from a nearby volcano and begin hallucinating. The priests would have to interpret her crazy ramblings and finally deliver a very obscure answer to those who had traveled thousands of miles just to ask the Oracle one question. In any case, it didn't deter anyone, because they kept on coming. The poor priestesses would eventually die (drinking sulfur will do that) and be replaced by the next lucky 50-year-old woman. It took two hours to get through the site and then Darryn wanted to climb another fifty thousand or so metres to the top of the mountain to see some forgotten stadium. Anyway I made it, eventually. Then it was another hour of museum time, after which we finally went to lunch in a small and delicious cafe with the best view ever. They played the soundtrack from Life is Beautiful and we had salad, chips and eggplant and everyone was happy. I even nipped down the road to get some baklava, so I was even happier.
After a three-hour nap on our way to some monastery town, we got to our hotel which thankfully had a pool. We played around for a bit in the water and went down to dinner where we had another nice chat to the other Aussie couple, who told us all about their life. They got married young and then went on a two-year adventure around Australia, picking up work wherever they could - I thought this very romantic.
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