We were expecting sunny skies this morning but awoke to crazy dark clouds. All the weather apps called for sunshine so Dave packed the rain ponchos, just to ward off the rain, and we followed the crowds down the pier to our waiting buses. The only excursion we booked through the ship was this one, to see Delphi. Not one to be very good about learning my Greek and Roman gods and the mythology of the day, I didn’t really have a good appreciation for what Delphi really was. As an ancient city, contemporaneous with Efes and the others we have seen, the construction methods and remaining walls, columns and temple mounts looked very family. Delphi is built on the side of a very steep mountain and requires lot of climbing up big, uneven steps. We
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