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                                                 Day 15 - September 25 - Delphi to Berlin
 
                                                 Flight to tomorrow.  Woke up to a nice view of the valley below with the Corinth Gulf in the background.  Grabbed
                                                 freshly baked croissants and off to see the ancient highlights of Delphi.  
 
                                                 Located a nice parking space along the main mountain highway.  Dodged a few tour buses and walked up to the 
                                                 entrance - fee was 6 Euros for visitors and 3 Euros for locals.  Walked up the steep inclines to see the home of the 
                                                 ancient Greek Gods.  First stop was a Greek bank - guess Apollo had a savings account.  Actually, the temples 
                                                 were banks, too.  Hiked along the pine infused temple ruins and enjoyed the valley views - including sight of the 
                                                 well know temple of the Oracle - prophet to the Greeks.  
 
                                                 Return trip to Athens was via the Corinth Gulf road and over the new bridge at Patra - really impressive white
                                                 cables reflecting like silver.  A trip along the Peloponnesian Peninsula allowed insight into the slice of life outside
                                                 of Athens.  
 
                                                 Monitoring the gas gage carefully, we included one more stop in the ancient ruins of Corinth and the steep 
                                                 Corinth canal built in the late 1800s.   The canal is mostly used for tourist trips since the 60+ feet width does
                                                 not accommodate modern commercial traffic.  
 
                                                 Time for departing Greece - well, maybe.  Returned the car with 1/4 of a tank - no gas available for fill up.
                                                 Checked the departure board and no gate assigned for the flight to Berlin - good reason since the flight would
                                                 be 3+ hours late.  Thus, the 9:00 PM departure moved to 1:00 AM on the next day.
 
                                                 Seems that London flight controls had "crashed"; thus, no traffic control for our outbound easyJet flight.  It
                                                 did finally arrive - after calls to the Berlin hotel that we would cancel or be very late and use of the 6 Euro
                                                 food vouchers.  Flight pathway was direct to the Schönefeld airport in south Berlin. (Also, home of the future
                                                 and modernized BBI - Berlin Brandenburg International airport)
 
                                                 Finally arrived in Berlin and bypassed the reserved airport hotel (charged 80% cancellation fee) and went to 
                                                 the following night's hotel at Berlin Potsdammer Platz, or city center.  Switched transportation from the S-Bahn
                                                 S-9 line to "Taxi Heir Jetzt!".  So, somewhat early Grand Hyatt check in at 4:30 AM.  Pulled the window shades 
                                                 tightly together and remembered that the days before, we enjoyed Greek island beaches.

 

                                                 Delphi Town Scenes Delphi Town Scenes Delphi Town Scenes - Hotel Room View of Corinth Gulf Delphi Town Scenes - Hotel Room View of Corinth Gulf Delphi Town Scenes

                                                     Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes

                                                    Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes    

                                                   Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes

                                                      Ancient Delphi Scenes - Oracle  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes  Ancient Delphi Scenes

                                                  New Patra Bridge  New Patra Bridge  New Patra Bridge  New Patra Bridge

                                                            Ancient Corinth  Ancient Corinth  Ancient Corinth

                                                                                                         Tigerland Rental Car   Corinth Canal

 

 

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