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Background: Greece achieved its independence from the Ottoman Empire in 1829. During the second half of the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, it gradually added neighboring islands and territories, most with Greek-speaking populations. In World War II, Greece was first invaded by Italy (1940) and subsequently occupied by Germany (1941-44); fighting endured in a protracted civil war between royalist supporters of the king and communist rebels. Following the latter's defeat in 1949, Greece was able to join NATO in 1952. A military dictatorship, which in 1967 suspended many political liberties and forced the king to flee the country, lasted seven years. The 1974 democratic elections and a referendum created a parliamentary republic and abolished the monarchy. Greece joined the European Community or EC in 1981 (which became the EU in 1992); it became the 12th member of the euro zone in 2001.

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By Taurus06
August 10th 2008

Living at the Sunshing House in Greece - www.ThaiMassage.Gr

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Keris & Gaia, Lis on orange top the lovely yoga teacher, dear Charlotte next to her, my friend Varun with Freko the dog.

WWOOF'ing at the Sunshine House in Evia Island - Greece My dears friends/family, I believe i will continue writing my blogs in English to reach out some of the special people i have met on my path so far and hopefully inspire others who wish to experience a little bit of all the beautiful flavours & colors of this world.... Last time i wrote, i was working in a hotel in Aegina Island, things didn't really look up for me, after two weeks of working there, i didn't feel i was fulfilling any purpose, i was just making money without being [View Full Entry]

By SarahN
August 10th 2008

Athens!

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I embarked yesterday afternoon on my two week trip through Greece and Italy. After a three and a half hour coach trip to Heathrow, A three and a half hour flight to Athens and an incredibly nerve-wrecking cab ride, I arrived last night at around 3 am. Luckily, the room was air conditioned and i slept well enough to wake up early this morning (7:30) to sight see around Athens. Athens is much warmer than Cambridge, but probably cooler than Tucson--but more humid. After seeing the Acropolis, Temple to Athena, the Parthenon, and the (super super old) olympic stadium, I found [View Full Entry]

By luciemaude
August 9th 2008

Athenes

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Temple de Zeus

Bonjour tout le monde, Je quitte deja Athenes demain. Je suis arrivee ici dans la nuit de mardi a mercredi apres une semaine a Barcelone. A Barcelone, il faisait plutot chaud et je m'emmerdais un peu. J'ai revu ma coloc une fois. Une semaine, c'etait un peu trop long pour une 2e visite dans cette ville. Athenes maintenant. Et bien il fait chaud! Et quand je dis chaud, c'est chaud! Hier, il a fait 39 degres. Ce matin, a 10h30 il faisait deja 35 degres. Tout ca, c'est sans le facteur humidex... Je trouve pas ca facile et vers 13h, je [View Full Entry]

By KNM
August 6th 2008

Athens

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Beers in Tel Aviv Airport

Well after a quick flight from Tel Aviv and a nice cold Stella as we waited we made it to Athens. With the help of some great directions we settled in to Judy's (a friend) apartment late that night. Thanks Judy! With 3 full days in Athens and another after we visit the Greek island Ios we decided to pace the sightseeing with a number of beer breaks. So in the morning we hit the National Archeological Museum. We spent a few hours there and stopped for a few patio pints throughout the day. We took advantage of the kitchen at [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
August 3rd 2008

A weekend in Athens, July 18th - 20st 2008

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Somewhere...
@ the coast of West Peloponisos... this is a 'secret place' so sorry... I can't tell you where it is exactly ;) But here you see our rental car and the tent and my sweetheart. July 19th 2008

Another weekend in Athens... with many new and lovely impressions. The more often I visit Greece, the more I feel home. This time I was almost sure to move over, not 100%... but let's say or 75%. It was just a question will I get my job or not and to talk about the last details and to wait for the final YES. I thought a lot about the question 'shell I go or not' but in the end of every thinking process there was only one real answer: YES. [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
August 2nd 2008

My vacation in Athens, June 20st - 29th 2008

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Panos & Nicola
At the beach of Alepohori, June 28th 2008, my sweetheart & me

Here are some of my photos I took during my vacation. [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
August 1st 2008

One day on island Rhodes- June 19th 2008

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Rhodes
Nicola & Antonis - a myspace meeting :)

I spent one day on island Rhodes to visit my friend Antonis. In the evening I took the nightflight to Athens... [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
July 29th 2008

...some photos

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Nicola & Panos
In a café in Halandri, Athens. May 12th 2008

Here I am posting some of our photos, these are taken in May 2008, when Panos and I met the first time face to face. [View Full Entry]

By dreamscometrue
July 29th 2008

...more photos :)

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exploring the nature ;)
walking around in the mountains... May 30th 2008

These are our photos taken in the end of May / beginning of June 2008 [View Full Entry]

By bangers
July 28th 2008

A day in Athens

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Beautiful Cafe
Shade

Rightio. So we got into Athens at around 6am, got to the backpackers at 7... 7:30. We couldn't check in (as much as we wanted to) till 1:00 so we dropped our bags and started walking. We saw the Acropolis from outside the fence, it's pretty impressive. By the time we got passed it we were exhausted, the flight had taken it out of us and it was STINKING hot. It was now 8am and we were over it. We kept walking and eventually found ourselves in a little lane way filled with cafe's and covered in grape vines. Shade. We [View Full Entry]

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