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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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Hello guys and girlies! Just a quick blog to say that ive just got off the yacht (though we are sleeping on it again tonight) after 3 days around the Med sailing. First stop was South Corfu then we sailed the next day to Mortos and partied on our private beach with waterpark just for us! we were all drinking rum etc on the dock til the early hours this morning and some ending up sleeping on the beach! Was great and we got our first lie-in in a few weeks because it was one of the guys birthdays! we then [View Full Entry]

Yazzy - Yasmin Murray | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 3 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=292781] | 2008-06-28 14:21:42

Agrippa - Our yacht!
Me, Holly, Jenny and Carla dancing  in the sea after Greek dancing

Hey everyone. It seems like a long time since we have last written, but its only been a coupe days. We have access finally, so we thought that we would fill you in on the past couple of days. But first - thanks for all the comments guys, they have been great. Also, a Happy Father's Day to our Dads. OK, so.... we last left off on our saga when we were spending our last night in athens. The next day we headed out to catch our bus to corfu. So the website said that there was a 10am bus that [View Full Entry]

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By jo and ty
June 13th 2008

Oompa...

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Traditional dance
Traditional dance
An amazing Greek resturant fully equipped with exotic belly dancing ladies and plate smashing, not to mention the big harry greek men!
Well about 70 days in and still no beach, so we decided now is the time. We boarded a plane to Athens on our way to the Ionian island of Corfu to relax and hopefully not sunburn. Athens has lots to see but is overpriced and not the cleanest city so we only stayed the night.We were off to the island which supposedly was created by posiedon coming out of the water and cutting it away from the mainland with his trident. We arrive early at The Pink Palace, a resort for backpackers, offering cheap accomodation with free meals.(and as the [View Full Entry]

jo and ty - jolene | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 20 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=286788] | 2008-07-11 22:09:27

beach
Our little balcony
Private beaches everywhere

By mordrek021
June 13th 2008

Corfu

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Although we were sad to be leaving Rome, Tamsin and I headed off to Bari by train to catch an overnight ferry to Corfu Island in Greece. Now, sleeping on the floor of a moving ferry is quite possibly the worst thing i've ever tried to do. The reason we slept on the floor is our Rail Passes allows us "free deck passage" which means exactly that, and the price to upgrade to a dorm room was a bit too high unfortunately. So after pretty much no sleep and very little food we arrive at the port in Corfu. Good [View Full Entry]

mordrek021 - matt | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=286810] | 2008-06-13 08:47:36


Sorry for not having written for so long, we've been busy! We arrived in Kefalonia last week at the charming harbour town of Sami. A real change from the Cyclades as it was very quiet, almost spookily so! After a bit of trouble finding accommodation we found some nice apartments just off the seafront. Sami was a great place to start as close by there was one of Kefalonia's most famous landmarks, the Melissani Cave. Basically this is an underwater lake in a cave whose roof has fallen in. You get rowed across the 100 ft deep lake and it's simply [View Full Entry]

samandcharlie - Charlie Clough and Sam Brown | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 30 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=285355] | 2008-06-09 09:31:06

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By Mark42
May 26th 2008

Italy

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Hey all! Well, Andrea and I have finally made it to sunny beaches and at least relatively cheap prices. We're here on the Greek island of Corfu in the Ionian Sea and we couldn't be happier. We've been soaking up the sun and relaxing, which is nice because the last two months sometimes felt like a sight seeing/museum marathon. We think we'll be here in Corfu for about 8-9 days, I may finish my Open Water Diving training, but then we may just spend the whole time at the beaches. But for now, I'll get back to where I left off [View Full Entry]

Mark42 - Mark Griggs | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 2 Comment(s) | 7 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=280461] | 2008-05-26 20:30:49

Pantheon Ceiling
Pantheon
Drea Inside Colosseum

Hey...First off thanks to everyone for the birthday wishes. I got your cards and messages and I appreciate it. For the birthday a bunch of us all went out and pub hopped around town. Needless to say, I survived the big 21 and had a great time. I'm looking forward to getting back to the states where being 21 has more perks than in europe! Only 14 days until I head back home so hopefully i'll make the best of whats left of my time here. Anyway the pictures attached are from our trip to the Greek island of Corfu. We [View Full Entry]

enovinsk - Edward Novinski | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 35 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=272856] | 2008-05-04 20:38:20

The corfu crew
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The cruise ship

By monoclaw
April 28th 2008

corfu day two

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Well I've had a great day in Corfu. Last night went pretty late; all my fellow guests were very excited about the toga party that was happening. I was undecided about whether or not to go for a while, ended up going. At dinner I ended up at a whole table full of Canadians! There's a lot of us out here. More Canadians than Australians at this hostel actually, for once. Dinner comes with the price of admission; Greek salad, soup, and PASTA WITH LAMB. That's awesome! So I ended up in this big dark barroom, drinking with a bunch of [View Full Entry]

monoclaw - Douglas Gould Franklin Mackenzie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=270917] | 2008-04-28 17:27:47


By monoclaw
April 27th 2008

corfu so far

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Well this morning I arrived at six in the am, off the overnight ferry from Ancona. Not much sleep, the only place you can is a room with "air seats"; basically similar to what you'd find on an airplane. Except there's people all over the floor, snoring loudly, with babies, etc. I'll have a nap this afternoon. The place at which I've arrived is called the Pink Palace and seems designed chiefly for partying; I'd planned to stay at an affiliated hostel called Corfu Backpackers which is actually down on the beach. I'm still going to look into that. It's really [View Full Entry]

monoclaw - Douglas Gould Franklin Mackenzie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=270460] | 2008-04-27 11:33:48


By monoclaw
April 27th 2008

corfu continued

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Well the sun came out and I went and checked out Agios Gordios beach, waaaay down the hill. I've decided I do need sunscreen, but I'm not buying it at the hostel; they want about twenty three bucks for this tiny thing of spray sunscreen. The beach is awesome; not exactly golden white expanses of sand (it's a bit rocky in places etc) but the sand is very soft to lay down on, and the sunshine is nice and hot. The water is cold as hell though! I hope it's warmer further south in Crete. There are these huge rocky things [View Full Entry]

monoclaw - Douglas Gould Franklin Mackenzie | Read The Full Entry | Subscribe | 0 Comment(s) | 0 Photo(s) | 0 Video(s) | [diary=270494] | 2008-04-27 13:45:20