On to Parnassus

We decided that, before seeing much more of Greece, we had better consult with the Oracle of Delphi, or at least with the tourist information office there. This time of year, as it turns out, Delphi is more a necropolis than a town, and there was no tourist information office. But the scenery on the way from Thermopylae to Mount Parnassus, under which Delphi sits, was interesting.

Above Thermopylae, the Gulf of Malia at the far right; 2500

years ago, the gulf formed the narrow pass, with only the
room between it and the cliffs for one chariot to ride;

all the great plain in the photo is siltation...

The bits of eastern and northern Greece we have seen have

been surprisingly green and fertile, especially for December;

there have been huge green plains in addition to the hills

here



Yes, there are mountains, too, many mountains

No mosques nor minarets, but thousand of these little

roadside displays--Vicki calls them "shrines on a stick"--put

up both for close calls as well as for fatalities

Shrine on a stick interior

Hillside town in the Sea of Olives



From our campsite, at Camping Apollon in Delphi, looking

out over the Sea of Olives (another silted up plain) to the

Gulf of Corinth