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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 RCHAMP
July 12th 2008

Do you have those giant beans?

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Athens So I made it to Athens fine, in one piece! I actually met lots of nice people that spoke English on the way there, that were Greek, and so they told me lots of good stuff to do in Athens and when I got to Mykonos. I took a bus from the airport which was simple, but then from the bus station had quite a walk to my apartment...that was fun dragging all my luggage! I made the mistake of buying wine when I was in Verona...haha not too smart now I have to drag it all over Europe! Oh [View Full Entry]

By gypsy_teacher
July 12th 2008

Work hard/play hard, conference in Greece

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Welcome to Greece!
After being here, there is no doubt why the flag has that color blue within it.

Being an international teacher is a tough job, even when you have to travel around the world to a place like Athens for an IB conference. Well, someone has to do it, and I suppose it might as well be me. In truth, I was asked to lead the IB CAS program for my school in Dubai. It is a great privilege, and I am looking forward to it. Anyway, my job is to lead student activities and services outside of the classroom in developing well rounded graduates. It will be a lot of work, but I am looking forward to [View Full Entry]

Blending in with the locals in front of Parliament

By tamaffa
July 11th 2008

Peter is here! His bag is in Newark...

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Peter arrived at 3 in the morning yesterday with only his carryon but grinning and so a new chapter of the trip has begun After the family left and before peter came I set off to find the Herekledion museum and a traveling exhibit of Toulouse Lautrec I found it as well as an archeological museum along the way i mostly stopped in because i was overheating but soon found what a disadvantage it is to NOT have my dad on hand to ask questions "when exactly did the classical greek period start?" "why does that figurine look Egyptian, were they [View Full Entry]

By Jeff and Nina
July 3rd 2008

Athens

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The Plaka!

ATHENS!!! We arrived at the airport in Athens around 9:45pm. We hailed a bright yellow Mercedes cab that brought us to our hotel located at the base of the Acropolis. It is fittingly called the Hotel Parthenon! Jeff and I ventured out to have a bite to eat around 11pm. It always amazes me how many people are out to eat at that hour in Europe. But, the warm summer nights make it a perfect time to enjoy food and get some great people watching in at the same time! We sat down at a table and ordered our first Greek [View Full Entry]

By tamaffa
July 1st 2008

Floating City

Europe » Greece » Attica » Piraeus

we boarded the largest boat in the universe to get to one of the smaller ones this ferry boat had escalators bars gift shops restaraunts cafeterias cafes movie theater seating in coach cabins in not coach people camped out on deck dogs and kittens in cages by the engine not the best place to transport them we boarded at 11 pm and got in to Leros around 9:30 the island where we got on the sailboat we are on now we took a fast train from thessaloniki back to athens it was fast but hot no air flow many modes of [View Full Entry]

By S and S
June 28th 2008

A Southern Greek Odyssey

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The Acropolis, Athens

Hi everybody, we have now reached the sunny shores of Greece. Our overnight ferry from Bari in Italy went off without a hitch and we got a cheaper price by getting "camping on board" tickets. This meant that we were sleeping in the van (again) up on deck with Bert sandwiched in amongst fifty large trucks. We still had the run of the boat upstairs, and 'private' showers and toilets which we only had to share with the two neighbouring campervans. After a surprisingly good nights sleep we disembarked in Patras to find the heat we had experienced in Southern Italy [View Full Entry]

By Mmirag
June 26th 2008

Athens

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OK, Waiting in the airport in Athens for my flight to Riga, Latvia. Free internet, but tough to use. Getting put on the news inAthens right now for being on this system. Anyway, good trip to the islands. No idea what to expect tonight in Riga when I get in after 10pm and am in a room with 9 other people. Supposed to be a fun city and it is cool not knowing what I will be doing in a few hours, let alone tomorrow or the next day. Well, hope the flight on airbaltic goes well. 3 hrs or so [View Full Entry]

By DScull
June 23rd 2008

Athens, Greece and on to Italy

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Acropolis

Hey everyone, sorry for the bit of silence there for a few days. I didnt have much access to internet while in Athens, plus I was pretty busy having a great time. It is an amazing city and the ancient ruins, Acropolis, Pantheon, etc are so cool to see up close. In Athens I stayed in the Athens Backpacker Hostel, which was a totally different experience vs. the hotel in Istanbul. it had its good and bad parts, but I met an very cool group of people and hung out with them for most of my time in Athens. Darren the [View Full Entry]

By MerDub
June 23rd 2008

Days 4-5 Athens

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Welcome back! heh... thanks for reading. So tonight is my last night in Athens, this evening I am going to meet up with my contiki trip and tomorrow we head off to Mykonos. It's still boiling here, which isn't terribly shocking. If anyone is ever in Athens, I fully recommend the Athens Backpackers hostel, it's about a 3 minute walk to the acropolis, clean bright rooms, a bumpin roof-top bar that has a fantastic view. The staff has all been really nice and helpful, and the location can't be beat. Yesterday I decided to take a stroll around the area, and [View Full Entry]

By wandering rose
June 22nd 2008

Just a quick update...

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I'm typing this in the HI hostel in Athens. It's a free internet cafe but being in a HI hostel it's very busy, there's not a queue again yet but I'm sure there will be! Since I last updated... ...we went to Lubeck, in which we climbed St. Peter's cathedral (well actually it was a lift) and looked out, I caught up with some family history by walking down the street that my German nan, Ingeborg, lived on as a child and during the Second World War (where she met my grandad), we drank marzipan hot chocolate in the world famous [View Full Entry]

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