Classical education

Today we saw the oracle at Delphi, or to be more precise, the ruins of. I really enjoyed wandering down the sacred way imagining what it might have been like 2,500 years ago with thousands of statues, marble, bronze and gold shining in gaudy competition for the eye. Greek myths and history seem unreal in so many senses but seeing a place that features in some of them makes them a lot more tangible. The other thing that stunned me was the skill used in construction, massive stone blocks that fit together without mortar.

We have also had two excellent beach camping spots since I last blogged, one in Albania and one in Greece. In Albania we had a long sandy beach to ourselves all night and we even had a fire going with a bit of music playing to cap it off. I'll try and get some pictures up on Flickr soon.