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“Among the Ancient Greeks, it was a widespread belief that Delphi was the center of the world. According to the myth regarding the founding of the Delphic Oracle, Zeus, in his attempt to locate the center of the earth, launched two eagles from the two ends of the world, and the eagles, starting simultaneously and flying at equal speed, crossed their paths above the area of Delphi. From this point, Zeus threw a stone from the sky to see where it will fall. The stone fell at Delphi, which since then was considered to be the center of the world, the omphalos - "navel of the earth". Indeed, the same stone thrown by Zeus took the same name and became the symbol of Apollo, the sacred Oracle and more generally of the region of Delphi.”

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7101/2...df46e449_b.jpg Delphi by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7556/2...c518be64_b.jpg Delphi-19 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

Rondelli

13 Jun 2016 13:12

Archaeological tour of Europe now? Dan I notice someone has stolen the jewels from the statue :thumbup1:

Not long now for beer time :clap:

saralou

14 Jun 2016 19:12

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Originally Posted by Rondelli (Post 541331)

Archaeological tour of Europe now? Dan I notice someone has stolen the jewels from the statue :thumbup1:

Not long now for beer time :clap:

You know a few things get lots after 2500 years. Yes!!!! So excited to see you guys. GRAPPA!!!!!!!

saralou

14 Jun 2016 19:22

Today we are headed to Athens to visit our friend Petros who we met on the Faroe Islands last summer. We planned a wandering route on the small roads thru the villages.

https://c5.staticflickr.com/8/7417/2...27f69155_b.jpg Screen Shot 2016-06-06 at 20.15.43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

This went well until about 8 km from Thisvi when Daniel found he had a flat rear tire. We pulled over and took off the wheel.

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7326/2...d9e673c9_b.jpg Delphi-21 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7714/2...41917fe0_b.jpg Delphi-22 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7238/2...d73a5c62_b.jpg Delphi-23 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

saralou

14 Jun 2016 19:26

When we took out the “heavy Duty” tube it had a 2 cm rent in it. It looked like a tube failure. We carefully inspected the outside and inside of the tire (especially after last year in Iceland with the burred metal shard when we had to change the tire out twice and patch the second tube).

https://c4.staticflickr.com/8/7232/2...d8f85131_b.jpg Delphi-24 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

We replaced the tube.

https://c6.staticflickr.com/8/7546/2...a49ab44d_b.jpg Delphi-25 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://c2.staticflickr.com/8/7214/2...614c9283_b.jpg Delphi-26 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

saralou

14 Jun 2016 19:28

We set off but found there was still a slow leak that got progressively more rapid. We were not 1/12 hours from Athens and had to meet our friend in 30 minutes. We filled the tire and drove the 8 km to the village of Thisvi. Luckily there was a gas station for fuel and air. Also luckily the attendant spoke English perfectly and called our friend to let him know we would not be there as expected.

We limped along and stopped every 15 km to pump up the tire and made it to the small city of Thivia.

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7329/2...ef81416a_b.jpg Screen Shot 2016-06-08 at 20.07.43 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

https://c1.staticflickr.com/8/7099/2...0ca03f6f_b.jpg Screen Shot 2016-06-08 at 20.05.51 by Sara & Daniel Pedersen, on Flickr

saralou

14 Jun 2016 19:29