Delos

It is said that the major archaeological sites in the Greek Mediterranean: The Parthenon in Athens, Knossos Palace in Crete, Delphi in the mountains of near the gulf of Corinth and Delos on the Island of Delos. In the last 3 months, I have been so lucky to see them all.

We anchored in the island Renia, next to Delos and in the morning were able to sail the short distance to Delos and anchor there (restricted to only daytime anchorage).

As the birthplace of Artemis and Apollo, the Greek island of Delos was a sacred site for the ancient Greeks, second in importance only to Delphi. At its height, the sacred island was covered in a variety of temples and sanctuaries dedicated to a variety of gods.Remains of a settlement found on top of Mt. Kinthos, a 370 feet climb, show that Delos was inhabited since the 3rd millennium BC.

Climbing the mountain of Kinthos containing other temples along the way . The top was a wonderful 360 degree view of the area and the many Greek islands. An obvious tradition was small monuments of rocks piled up forming hundreds of little towers on this mountain top. We each made one with the huge supply of rocks everywhere you turn.

In the Museum, the finds from the area were interesting. I might be getting tired of all the museums and history because all in all, the best part was the homemade orange juice in the cafe. It was awesome. Enough stuff from the past, I want to go to a disco.