The Oracle at Delphi

I woke up to a pink sunrise, and dressed quickly because of the cold. The site of Ancient Delphi is in ruins, but it is very interesting. The view is breathtaking from the mountains. The Temple of Apollo, where the Oracle would have prophesied, still has some of its columns. The museum is also very cool, I especially liked the stone statue of a sphinx which would have stood high on its own column close to the temple.
Speaking of sphinxes, Delphi is full of cats! Little kittens roam about everywhere. Most had brown tiger stripes, skinny bodies, and long tails, but one cute little kitten was all black. After lunch we packed up and drove on to a Greek Orthodox Monastery called Hosias Loukas. It's dedicated to Saint Luke, but not the Saint Luke the Evangelist. Rather it's for a local Greek Orthodox Saint. It's full of beautiful mosaics in the Byzantine style, and a small store sold hundreds of icons.
Then we drove on to Athens and arrived in the city by night. We could see the Acropolis lit up against the night sky! My cold was getting worse, but dinner was delicious. Moussaka is really...really....good. It's potatoes, and meat, and eggplant, and some kind of cream flavored with nutmeg so it tastes like pumpkin. Looks like lasagna, but it's delicious in a different way.