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.
June 26th 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos Hey from Mykonos Island! Wow. I could easily live here forever. It's absolutely beautiful... The night of my last entry, I met up with my Contiki group in Athens, and we all went out for a tradtional ... [full story]
May 7th 2007Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos After being escorted to the port in Athens by a couple of super nice (non Enlgish at all speaking) Bulgarian's that took us all the way there, we got on a VERY long and overnight boat ride to Mykonos. ... [full story]
May 25th 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos Wow - Mykonos is certainly not what we had expected!!!
We arrived 3 days ago, and were greeted at the port by a handful of people asking if we wanted a room - normally there are hundreds! We chose ... [full story]
May 25th 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos Flying over Athens the city looked beautiful with red tile roofs and small cobble walkways. Upon closer inspection, the city is not quite as quaint. Bustling and congested it boasts the worst traffic ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos The trip to the coliseum was incredible; it was much larger than I had thought. There are many areas where restoration was attempted but failed. The weather has been great a little cool but still no n ... [full story]
April 28th 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos April 27th
Today I went to Adventure Ocean all day. We played games like Gaga Ball and Crazy Tag. At noon, we got picked up by mom and went for lunch at the Windjammer Café. It is a cafeteria st ... [full story]
April 2nd 2008Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos Well it’s been a while since I wrote last because our internet has been really spotty. We didn’t have it in Tinos, and now in Mykonos we have to pay for it. On Thursday we left Crete and g ... [full story]
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