- From Athens we picked up a hire car at the airport and drove towards Delphi.
- On the way we stopped at Moni Hosios Loukas, one of three World Heritage monasteries from 11th and 12th centuries that are characteristic of the second golden age of Byzantine art. It has a beautiful complex of buildings in a very peaceful setting, and we happily whiled away a few hours.
- Not far from here lies the town of Distomo which was the site of a Nazi war crime in World War II. German forces killed 228 chlidren, women and men in reprisal for actions of the Greek resistence. We visited the monument and paid our respects to the dead.
- Arrived in the town of Delphi late that afternoon, and enjoyed great views down to the Gulf of Corinth from the hotel balcony.
