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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 Megh3n
September 29th 2007

Greece - My Valentine - part 2

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Out walking Dogs
Melissa the husky is a blind and deaf dog seeking a home at the time we were there. subsequently she has been adopted by a family in England

I'm happy to say i have found some more time to upload some more pictures. I must apologise for not completing the diary on the first entry, but it would take forever to macth each photo with a detailed description. N-Joy!!! Meghan [View Full Entry]

By Linden
September 23rd 2007

City of suspended rocks, Meteora!

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Monument to King Leonidas
Have you seen 300 yet? You HAVE TO!!

The Plains of Thermopylae On the way to Meteora, we made an unsceduled stop at a monument to the Spartan King Leonidas. In 480BC Thermopylae was the scene of a huge battle, and if any of you have seen 300 you will know that it was 300 Spartans (as well as a few thousand Greeks) against tens of thousands of invading Persians. An epic tale of courage in the face of adversity. And we were standing on the same site, it was really something. Meteora From temples to monastries as we reached Meteora, a city with strange cliffs that grow out [View Full Entry]

By Linden
September 17th 2007

It's all Greek to me!

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Industrial Bari
Bye Bye Italy

Bari to Igounomitsa We actually had the opportunity to sleep in today!! Not that many of us took it, we are all so used to getting up early that we still got up at 7 when we could have slept in until 9 or 9.30am. It would have been a bit hard considering the noise from all the traffic and tourists, but still possible. Nonetheless, we were ready to go an hour early, so sat around waiting until 11am for departure. It was a pretty typical drive day, music, movies and chatting amongst ourselves, and we arrived at Bari at about [View Full Entry]

By Fieldbrook
September 7th 2007

Greece

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Well I have been in Greece for a week now. I met up with Tim again in Athens where we stayed for 4 nights. We had a great room right in the old section of town, the Plakas, at the base of the Acropolis. Our room had a balcony with a stunning view of the Acroplis, especially when it was all lit up at night. It was truley amazing to be there again. On Tuesday we got on a ferry which brought us out to Hydra island; a place that Mark and I had visited in our 1988 travels. The place [View Full Entry]

By Megh3n
September 7th 2007

Greece - My Valentine Forever

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Breakfast @ Glyfada
very healthy you know.....chocolate and beer so early

Where do we begin? It all came and went soooo fast. Sitting in my office now it all seems unreal, like it never happened. I 'd like to take you on a journey and share with you some of, if not all of the highlights of our recent Greece holiday. We met some fabulouse new friends along the way and got back in touch with some long last but never not forgotten old friends. Our flight to Greece took us through Doha.......haaaaaaaaaaaa - a.k.a VERY HOT PLACE!! We loved the q's - the humidaty - and excellent service ......joke Anyway, finally [View Full Entry]

By Mary and Dan
August 8th 2007

Day 14 - Homeward Bound

Europe » Greece » Thessaly » Meteora

It is time to head home. We were all a little down this morning. It has been such a great vacation that it is hard to think about heading back home. Daniel and I had five goals for our vacation and we easily met every one of them. First, we wanted to deepen our relationship with our niece, Rachel. Second, we wanted to guide Rachel through a life-changing experience that would provide her a newfound confidence to explore her own backyard and the entire world. Third, I wanted to learn more about Greek history and culture. Fourth, we wanted to have [View Full Entry]

By TJG
July 30th 2007

Greece - Athens and the Cyclades

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Acropolis at night

I spent 2 days wandering the streets of the Plaka and up to the Acropolis and took an excursion out to Delphi to see where the Oracle once stood to gabble her prophesies. Most people I know have indicated that Athens is a filthy city and doesnt have much going for it. I found the tourist area around the Plaka to be quite nice and 2 days is the right amount of time to spend. Although, I have to say the port at Pireaus is absolutely filthy - trash biled up all over the place - I took the train out [View Full Entry]

By Dianna
July 29th 2007

Evia, Greece enjoyed the trip here for sure

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Here we are again on another ferry boat, 45 min drive from Athens and then 45 minutes on the ferry, again full of people going to the big island of Evia. We left the vehicle behind parked somewhere along the driveway. Staying at Papou and Yaya's house an apartment on the hill over a store a block from the sea, with a beautiful balcony looking out to the sea through the houses. How nice, with a nice view of the hills. (unfortunately here again they had a large fire just the day prior and one of the Canadian water planes went [View Full Entry]

By saharanz
July 21st 2007

2 weeks in Greece

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RECOVERED

2 weeks in Greece Europe » Greece By saharanz July 21st 2007Athens Evia Andros Naxos Santorini Ios Milos Athens [View Full Entry]

By Roebbelen Family
July 20th 2007

Katakalon

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little photobooth boy

The ship and its 3400 passengers descended upon and overwhelmed the small Greek fishing village of Katakalon today. It was hard to believe that their quaint port full of modest fishing boats even had a place for the massive vessel to dock. I felt a little guilty taking over their town in this obnoxious, and I felt audacious way, but at the same time the whole town seemed to be about 30 shops supported entirely by tourist business. We walked along the beach and found the first signs of ocean life we’ve seen yet. We came across four fifths of a [View Full Entry]

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