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Date: April 22, 2004
Cities: Athens, Delphi, Itea
 Eirini made our wake-up call 30 minutes earlier than
everyone else's so Allan could get breakfast in leisure. The college
kids were out drinking late, so a couple of them were slow to leave this
morning. The local guide for Delphi, Penney, was very interesting. She
included more philosophy rather than just dates & names so Allan
enjoyed her spiel.
 On
the optional trip to a convent & dinner in Itea, our driver,
Paris, told Allan that the limit for bus speed was 90kph. The EU is
mandating new limiters for bus speed, which will cause the accelerator
to stop working at 103kph. The transmission was automatic with
"suggestion-shifting." That explains the jerkiness on the
way from the airport. Highway traffic wasn't too bad, but around
Delphi there are many hairpin turns which Paris handled deftly.
Valary from Chicago sat with us at dinner. Her husband could not
come, so she's taking lots of photographs to bring home. She is
retired from teaching English as a Second Language at Chicago City
College.
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