We stayed in Patras one more day. I baked and Dad went and got a package that had come in the mail. It had the insides of an advent calendar from Oma and Opa. It was a pleasant surprise, because I didn't think I would be getting an advent calendar. The next day, we sailed to Galaxidi. It is a small town and we went for a nice walk through the woods. We played tag and then ate the tuna we caught on the way there for dinner. The day after that, we took two busses to the city of Delphi, where the oracle of Delphi used to be.

Delphi is a place in Greece on Mount Parnassus near the Gulf of Corinth. The Ancient Greeks thought it was the centre of the earth. In Greek mythology, Zeus was looking for the centre of the earth. He sent two eagles in opposite directions from Mount Olympus. They met at Delphi, which is why it was considered the centre of the earth. Zeus then threw a rock down to Delphi to mark the centre, and it was called the navel of the earth. A temple was built for Apollo in Delphi because he killed the serpent Python that guarded Delphi, which was put there by Gaia, Mother Earth, to guard the centre of the earth. The oracle, a person in Ancient Greece who makes prophecies, lived there. She was a High Priestess named Pythia in the temple of Apollo.

We went to a museum there that had a lot of ancient sculptures and then walked among the ruins. It was a really nice hike as well, and there was beautiful scenery. We saw the navel of the earth and the temple of Apollo where the oracle lived, the treasury, the stadium, and the amphitheatre. They were crumbled, but you could still see what it must have been like. Then we walked down the hill to the temple of Athena. We went back to town and had a snack, then took two busses back home.

Temple of Apollo, where the oracle lived.