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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. To be updated

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By Tav
September 11th 2006

‘Like Here, Nowhere’

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini

The Crew
Sarah, Lisa, Arty, Nikki, Jason, Jo - Out near the Donkey Pepper

The next day I went for a walk through the streets and look at all the shops and the donkeys making their way through the steep winding hills as they made their way up the stairs... Sarah thought that there was an overwhelming smell of pepper, turned out to be donkey pepper!! Awesome view, awful smell!! Next day woke up and it was cloudy, after Arty told me that it’s NEVER cloudy in Santorini!! What’s going on there?!?!?! Had brekkie (with cake at the end!! Love holidays!!) and then to Maria to have the obligatory frappe who is just adorable and [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
September 10th 2006

Nude Camping and More Stories of a Newfound Nudist

Europe » Greece » Crete

Far From Home

Now the Revolution! It’s enjoyable to say the least. Alive with the present moment and spontaneous upon these adventures, I indubitably decided to join the scores of old wrinkly nudists from around the globe. I shed my red REI boxer briefs and became a part of the skin, sun, sand, and yes—the freedom!—revolution. Hallelujah! Yes, enjoyable, but in the beginning, cautious. Talk about bare-butt white, one has to be sure not to lie out for too long. But what beats all prospects of attaining a sore-full crispness with a sensitive pink tone is to swim through the [View Full Entry]

By DeefromNZ
September 10th 2006

Dogs in Athens

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Dog crossing road
The stray dog that decided to cross the road

Photos of the amazing dog crossing the road in Athens, along with a copy of previous blog entry about it. "I saw something that both horrified me and amazed me. A stray dog crossing the road, and not just any road.....a 6 lane road chock a block with traffic going far, far too fast!!! I have crossed this road before and have been terrified, even though I have been crossing with the pedestrian lights. The traffic goes so dam fast and generally you can't get across the whole thing in one go so you have to wait in the middle for [View Full Entry]

By ezlex
September 9th 2006

Naxos,,.

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Naxos

Boat sunset

Well here we are... made it too some bareable heat, delightful beaches and amazingly tourist orientated island! Our departing athens went according to plan, and here we are on our third day on Naxos! We caught a ferry from pyraeus in athens - about the size of a nz interislander, give or take - in the blistering heat at 5.30pm (local time) on wednesday 6th sept... Having arrived about 2 and a half hours early we were sitting in the heat constantly being talked into buying replica binoculars, sunglassers, watches and electronics; from a series of blangledeshi guys (which explained how [View Full Entry]

By cam2yogi
September 9th 2006

Nude Camping and The Stories of a Newfound Nudist

Europe » Greece » Crete

Venus

Why Oh Why? “Never?” “Uh-uh.” “Not once?” “Nope.” “Ah yes. Now how about today?” I smiled. Where I come from it’s taboo. It’s labeled as a counter-culture; a flower child, a hippie, a youth in the presence of a rebellious act. Those who do could easily be looked down upon, or they easily could not. But by any means, it is universally restricted with only a few designated, well fenced-off and signposted locales often deeply out of view over the edge of a cliff or down at the entrance of a wild gorge. [View Full Entry]

By AnimaMundi
September 9th 2006

Sifnos - Our Home Away From Home

Europe » Greece » South Aegean

Windmills and scooter time.

I sit here now, on my little twin bed (most of the rooms we rent come with two twins) where I have spent the last 19 nights. It is the first time in our travels that we have settled somewhere for any length of time. Sifnos has turned out to be the secluded, quiet island that we hoped for. In the port town of Kamares, where we arrived, we rented a scooter so we could set out to see the island and decide where we should stay. The scooter rental shop gave us a rudimentary map of the island, with a [View Full Entry]

Skimming along the Agean Sea on our high speed ferry.

By cam2yogi
September 8th 2006

Searching for a Wind Blown Free

Europe » Greece » Crete

Rethymno

Cramped in Crete The north felt old, beaten and subjected to the rigors of the tourist trade. It was everywhere; the mazes of alleys like a compartment store with a disorderly manager creating row after row of miasmal shelving. With this, I was excited. I was thrilled with the prospects of a search for a Crete bucolic in wilderness and lifestyle. Rich with minerals, Crete is a mainstay supplying the produce for the rest of Greece. And yet, where was this? I was excited to leave. I was excited to search into the lavishes of an arduous Cretan culture. An Image [View Full Entry]

By Kris Kev
September 7th 2006

Greek Islands

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Mykonos

Sunset Dinner
The restaurant we ate at back right onto the water! View was spectacular as was the food!

What a beautiful place! Yesterday afternoon we arrived into great weather at Mykonos. Everything is so close so we walked in & out of the little alleyways for hours exploring. Dinner was by the water at sunset. The sun doesnt set until after 8pm so plenty of time to sunbake. Which is what we did all day today. We went to Paranga Beach (lots of boobs for Kev) and the occasional naked man or woman walking around. Don't worry we kept our clothes on! [View Full Entry]

By Meg and Ry and Heather
September 6th 2006

Pictures!!!

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

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Meg hard at work!

Here are some pictures of where we live and work! [View Full Entry]

By ezlex
September 6th 2006

HOT stuff!

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Well here we are, our 3rd day in Athens (i think - the heat makes it hard to keep track!) We are doing fairly well, though ez espically is struggling with the intense heat (34 degrees forcasted for today) yay my turn, ez has been monopolising the blog site(tho partly this is my fault as have comp skills of retarded parsnip), as he was saying V. HOTTTTT and we have been quite lazy...just chilling and having afternoon sesita to beat the heat...and getting up as early as 4.30am(this morning) to be able to move with ease mwah.... ez back... yesterday started [View Full Entry]

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