he structure itself was amazing although a portion of it was under construction and so scaffolding was scattered around some of the walls. There were actually two churches and between the two was the tomb of St. Lucas who apparently heals people who spend the night at the church. I think the Orthodox Greek church is so weird. 
Legends like this one hark back to the pantheon of ancient Greek gods, where the god Aesculapius healed those who spent the night in his temple and left an offering. Apparently there are many of these little connections within the Orthodox Greek Church. After spending an hour or so playing in the courtyards, terraces, and monastery halls we piled back onto the bus for another hour to Delphi.
On the way it began to rain. It continued to rain through our tour of the museum at Delphi and through the Agora and the Temple of Apollo all the way up to the top of our climb to the stadium.
Where we took a couple of group photos. As you can see the rain had cleared up but everything was still wet and slippery.
Finally, at the stadium we climbed down all the marble steps to reach the temple of Athena and abled around down there until it was time to go.
I can see why the ancient Greeks and Romans had an Oracle at Delphi because, especially with the rain, it becomes a mysterious place.
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