Going to see the Oracle> Travels

Yesterday I rented a car with three people from my hostel and drove to Delphi. It takes about three hours to get there and when we arrived at 2 PM we were surprised to find out that it would be closing at 2:45. Even though we only had 45 minutes to explore the ruins, it was well worth the trip. The setting is remarkable, perched on the side of a mountain overlooking a green valley below that happened to be covered in mist, adding to the atmosphere. Delphi was the home of the Oracle for hundreds of years. People would come from all over Greece to get her (The Oracle was a priestess 50 years or older) advice on political and personal matters. She would take a whiff of some gases which were thought to come from the ground beneath the Temple of Apollo and then mutter something incomprehensible which a Priest would fashion into advice. It was a nice time to go, right before the start of 2006. Do I have any predictions? Chicago will win the Super Bowl if Rex Grossman doesn't shit the bed.

Afterwards we went for dinner at a nice Taverna in a little ski resort village. Our waiter was great. If I were rich I would hire him to be my personal waiter. I'd bring him to restaurants and he would read me the specials, describe different dishes and take my order. Wouldn't it be fun to have your own waiter?