2001. June 27. - Tour of Delphi, Vangelis concert rehearsals

En route to Delphi: the city of Thebes.	Typical Greek countryside.	That's the ski resort town of Aráhova (I am not kidding!).	In Aráhova.	Looking over the rooftops.	The only street in the town is this.	How did they get it up there?
Wine cellars (I think).	More of the only street with Shell gas station on the right.	We are at the museum of Delphi. That was our bus group's guide.	A bronze statue.	Fine art from ancient Greece.	Tons of ruins measuring tons.	Wearing helmets were mandatory even in the ancient Greece. (For a different reason, though.)
A sphynx that used to be guarding Delphi on top of a tall column.	An urn, similar to the one used by the Oracle.	A life-size bull made of bronze sheets.	Golden offerings to the priests of Delphi.	The view from the museum.	Walking towards the ruins of Delphi.	The ruins of Delphi.
The temple of Apollón.	The same temple from a distance.	An amphitheater is right by it.	After a long and tiring climb we find a stadium.	The seats are a bit rugged.	More of the stadium.	View from the stadium.
View from the stadium.	Looking down at Delphi.	Aphitheater + temple of Apollón.	The temple again.	The remaining columns of the temple.	Same.	Lovely shot of the ruins.
Ruins again.	A final look back at Delphi.	Local flora.	The view from the restaurant where we had lunch.	Here's the restaurant from the inside.	This is still a view from the restaurant.	That white building is the one housing the restaurant.
A street of modern day Delphi.	Stairs eveywhere.	Uphill streets everywhere.	Back in Athens from my Delphi excursion, meeting my fellow Vangelis fans in the Pláka. To the right in red is Ivar.	Ivar, Andrew, Jo.	To the right is Tony Novo, opposite him is his girlfriend, Katie (sp?).	Tony is scratching his head as Giovanni is talking to him.
Back to the Temple of Zeus to listen to the dress rehearsals.	The Vangelis groupies...	We actually started to attract a crowd!	More projections.	More Vangelis fans arriving.	This is Noel.	More projections.
Carlos and Sergio from Spain.	From left: Ivar, Jo, Matthias and his girlfriend, plus somebody whose name I unfortunately forgot.	Looking down at the stage from the top of the Athens Gate Hotel.	This is not a better pic, either, but to the far left is Lykavittos Hill, below is the lit rock fence of the temple.	More projections.	From left: Dennis and his girlfriend, Carlos can be barely seen, then Jo, Peter, Octavian, John, Cherry Vanilla (Vangelis' American representative), way behind her is Roland, then Ivar and Giovanni.	Similar group picture, but a bit more chaotic. This time it's my head way behind Cherry's red hair.