Greetings from gorgeous Greece:
We are on our way from Delphi to Athens right now and I am
taking a break from the beautiful scenery to write you a bit of a letter. We’ve
just spent most of the day in Delphi, and I am sad to say goodbye. Once I’m
able to post photos, you will see why I’ve been mesmerized by these views, the
town, and all of the people.
It’s about 3:30 in the afternoon and I’ve done quite a bit
since the last time I was able to send you something. When we woke up this
morning we had a delicious breakfast (great peaches, sweet bread, and
hardboiled eggs) and headed two minutes down the road to the Oracle of Delphi’s
stomping grounds. The oracle of Delphi was extra important because people only
came to Delphi with the big questions about war and peace. There were other
oracles, but this one was for more than just everyday minutia—I thought that
was pretty cool.
We first stopped at this little museum where a tour guide
shared fascinating stories behind the sculptures that were in the museum from
an excavated Apollo’s temple. Thanks to you, I knew a lot of the Greek gods and
goddesses she was talking about.
Josh. You would have thought you had died and gone to Mount
Olympus if you had been there. The amount of that temple that was on display
without glass covering it was just phenomenal. I could walk up to it with
barely an inch blocking me from the depiction of Nike or Athena. Dr. Pizzo said
this was one of the only times in history people would be able to get that
close to such phenomenal illustrations of history.
We left the museum and went to the actual site of the old
temple and various different parts of the area. It was a ginormous hill to
climb to see everything, but the view was completely worth it. There were huge
mountains and beautiful architecture everywhere. I’m not usually a view
obsessive gal, but Greece sure has blown my mind. Even the bus we are riding on
has a camera in the front of it (like the one on cars used to back up) that
plays the image on the television screens to show everyone the amazing view.
It’s pretty dang cool.
After the views, we headed to this place named Agelos for
lunch where I tried this fried cheese in Fila bread (the most delicious cheese
stick I’ve ever had. We need to get these in the states) and a pasta with
rooster dish. Everyone at my table was quick to swap bites of meals, so I got
to taste some pretty good food throughout lunch. I think the cheese sticks were
still my favorite though.
After that we headed to see this little monastery, and that
was not as exciting as some of the things we have done; however, it had really
gorgeous views and the weather was pretty nice so we had a good time relaxing.
Now that we are in Greece it has really hit everyone that we
are over the middle hump of our trip, and I am starting to get pretty sad that
the trip is going to end. So far it has been one of the coolest things I have
ever done (maybe THE coolest), and I just don’t want it to end. Plus, the whole
going back to school thing seems pretty lame comparatively. I’m thinking maybe
that you and the fam can just move up here and we will move into a house that
kind of looks like the monastery with gorgeous views and a big courtyard. We
will eat fried cheese sticks every week. And bam! Live happily ever after.
Our tour guide today said humans tend to only be influenced
if they think something else is interesting and not inferior. I know that on
this trip there has been some things the group thinks America does better
(WHAT!? THEY DON’T HAVE DR. PEPPER!???), but there has also been a lot I have
learned from Italy and Greece. I don’t know if I have had some sort of drastic
change so far, but this trip has definitely influenced me. I hope one day you
will be able to travel here or even somewhere else that has something
interesting enough to influence you.
Love,
Maddie
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