Proving we're Minnesotan in the Mountains of Delphi

The Greek Orthodox Monastery

This past weekend we went on an overnight trip to Delphi, which is about 2 and a half hours outside of Athens. On the way we stopped at a beautiful Greek Orthodox Monastery and toured the inside of the church. It was pretty similar to the church service we attended for Theology last week so we were already familiar with some of the things inside the church. We didn't spend a whole lot of time there (mostly because of the weather). It was raining and freezing outside so they lit the fireplace and let us warm up for a bit before loading onto the bus again.

Adorable city outside of Delphi

We stopped in a little city outside of Delphi for lunch. We picked a family taverna where I tried the local pasta and something the city's best known for which was their fried cheese. Both were delicious. It turns out that is our professor's favorite restaurant in the whole city so we made an excellent choice (even though we picked it purely because it was the cheapest)!

We arrived at Hotel Acropole where we got a chance to get settled and go over a brief overview of the significance of Delphi. We were all exhausted so we took a solid nap before heading to dinner at another family owned taverna down the road (which was owned by the brother of the hotel owner). After our amazing meal the owner of the restaurant recommended we head to his best friend's bar later to celebrate the 21st birthdays of Missy and Ashley (two of my Rome roomies). So we took his advice and headed to a little family owned bar with a little dance floor to celebrate. We were literally the only people there and they were thankful for our business in the down season.

Family owned Hotel Acropole where we stayed

The next morning we got up bright and early to explore Delphi with Anne (our Art and Lit professor). She took us to look at several works of Greek art in the Delphi Archeological Museum. After that we began our freezing treck into the mountains of Delphi. It started snowing as we made our way up and only got colder as she explained each of the ancient ruins. We weren't exactly prepared (as most of us only brought raincoats to Europe) so we were a bit chilly. It was still an amazing site though (just as long as I didn't look straight down...). I've learned that if I look out into the distance I can handle that, it's just the drops that go right down that freak me out so I was fine. Overall an excellent weekend though despite the cold!