Day 5: February 23

Well, we made it to day 5! I am currently sitting in our more swanky hotel in Olympia with an older Greek lady watching a Greek soap opera behind me. I thoroughly encourage everyone to watch at least 5 minutes of Greek tv. Needless to say, it is interesting. So anyway, here is the day's games:

February 23:

answer to yesterday's riddle: a bat
success: Jonathan was the first to get this one.

dare: to do something I know Alex would do
success: I picked up, played with, and took a picture with some dirty, mangy, street cat (who was adorable despite the mangy part). I don't think Dr. Cohen was too impressed with our love of the cats!

quote: "The world is a book. Those who do not travel read only a page." - Saint Augustine

riddle: Everything to someone, I am. But I am nothing to everyone else...

We definitely like today's riddle! We have a couple of guesses, but nothing seems to have satisfied the qualifications. We'll have to wait and see for tomorrow!

Anyway, today we went to the site of the Temple of Apollo in Delphi. It is situated on the side of a mountain, looking out over the valley. It was quite the climb, but there was definitely lots to see. We saw the temple, the treasury of the Athenians, the gymnasium, and the tholos (and many others things of course!). A few of us climbed in some hole we found that went underneath the temple, and then down in the gymnasium, we had a race. I was definitely hungry after all of that! We also went to the museum in Delphi where they had the monument of Lucius Aemilius Paullus, the large Sphinx, and the Charioteer. We were all very excited, and we kept running around between all the amazing statues and sculptures which we had studied over the years.

After that, we took off on the bus to Olympia, which is where we are right now. It's still early in the evening here, so we haven't had the time to explore. Tomorrow we are going to the museum and the site, and we'll have more of a chance to see the city. It's amazing how the scenery of Greece continuously changes as we drive. It goes from mountains, to valleys, to coastal areas. It is constantly keeping us on our toes! Anyway, I'll be sure to let you know what we find tomorrow!

-Natalie