Day Five - Delphi and Arrival in Athens

Here we are in Delphi in front of the tholos at the lower site of Delphi. After visiting the museum and upper site in the morning, we had lunch and then hit a trail above the town. The highlight of the hike was getting a great view of the stadium from above, as it has been closed to the public recently. We stopped at the lower site before heading to Athens, which took us about 4 hours since we hit some Friday afternoon traffic. As we entered the city, the bus was filled with excited students eager to catch their first glimpse of the Acropolis. Our hotel in the city is a mere 2 blocks or so from the Acropolis and the recently opened museum, both of which we will visit on Sunday. Our agenda for Saturday includes visits to Marathon, Brauron, and Sounion. Before that, however, Mr. Newman and I will be leading a small group of students on an optional, early morning walk to Philopappos Hill to see what the Acropolis looks like from there at 7am. Given the current late hour (1:30am), I'm going to wrap this up and fill in the blanks tomorrow evening. Don't miss today's photo album.