This island of Delos was an old sanctuary to Apollo, supposedly b/c he was born there. At one point the residents asked all Athenian cities to provide/build something to show the magnificence of all things Greek. so the folks on Naxos, a couple of whom got to travel a lot, gave these marble lions who would serve as an intimindating greeting to all visitors, mostly because no one had ever heard or seen these animals called lions. Supposedly folks would see them and either start to weep or prostrate themselves in front of them. They look damn cool in person (spoiler: they are copies of the real thing). No one is allowed to be born or die on this island because of its sacred nature. No one can spend the night, either. How they enforce the whole not dying thing Im workin on finding out. Oh, and J, I hadn't seen a bike in a week when I saw a crew of 30 people all outfitted in full gear rollin their way on fat tires through Mykonos Town. I immediately felt very, very fat.
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