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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 NomadAdrift
October 18th 2009

8 Daze In Greece Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

A View Looking Out.

Touchdown to Athens, Greece. Named after Athena, daughter of Zeus, Goddess of wisdom, the birth place of democracy, the staging arena of western philosophy, the epicenter of art and culture which has been replicated time and time again, stands as one of the oldest cities in the world dating back to 5000 BC. There are excavation sights throughout the city, some gated off and others open to the public. One was recently discovered in central Athens by the public transit system as they were digging a vent for their subway line. Whoops! Now it's just another sight amongst the hundreds you [View Full Entry]

By Panchoy
October 16th 2009

Where did the cold weather come from? Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Kavala

Old Greek Woman

Total Distance Cycled: 516km The winds calmed down overnight, but we were still left with cold weather. We wore our jackets and gloves for the first time. We first had to climb over a mountain pass, which brought the temperature down much too low for comfort. We could see our breath at this point… After that, though, the rest of the day was our best so far. We cycled at least half of the day on one of Greece’s new freeways, which was quite impressive. 130kmh is the speed limit here! We even had the wind working with us now! Since [View Full Entry]

By GregCath
October 15th 2009

Setting sail from Piraeus, Greece Europe » Greece

The boat

It was simple getting from Tirana down to Athens by plane and we had chosen a hotel we knew so we slipped easily back into town. Obviously we were quite busy on the blog today but that will be the last for a while as we sail tonight. This one comes from my Blackberry from Piraeus dock, where this cabin is moving! There were two definite highlights of the quick visit to Athens, the first being the New Acropolis museum. This is a spectacular setting for presentation of a stunning array of artifacts and they have done a great deal To [View Full Entry]

By JeffreyHite
October 15th 2009

Crete Europe » Greece » Crete

Certe At night

I have always wanted to visit Greece. When I have always been fascinated by Greece mythology and the history of one of the oldest civilizations on earth. When I lived in Europe as a child, Greece was on the restricted travel list of Americans so we could never go but I finally had the chance to visit there a week or so ago. My Schedule didn't allow much time for sight seeing, but what I did see was very beautiful. [View Full Entry]

By Panchoy
October 13th 2009

Where did this wind come from? Europe » Greece » Thrace » Alexandroupoli

Downtown

Total Distance Cycled: 357km We were off to Greece today. We weren’t sure about what expect for hills but at least we knew we had a 300m drop in elevation. Unfortunately, 100m of that came from just getting out of Malkara! I hadn’t even got out of town, when I realized that the small repair I made to my gears yesterday had created more problems than I had fixed. Over countless stops I finally got my gears working enough to get to our end destination. While we had to deal with traffic and hills on the first two days, today would [View Full Entry]

By Gabriela and Tony
October 11th 2009

Island Paradise- Oia Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini

Oia

We've found the newest addition to our favorite locations. We loved Santorini, especially Oia. I'm trying to convince Tony to buy a little cave house! The October temp was nice and sunny. A little windy though and not warm enough for me (Gabriela) to get into the water (about 75 degrees), but we loved it! We ended up renting a car to tour the island. It was amazing. Enjoy the pictures! gabriela For those interested, I've added some history of the island. The following information came from (www.ifestio.com): Santorini was created by a volcanic explosion many years ag [View Full Entry]

By Noz
October 6th 2009

Onward to Greece Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki

Wıth Erion outsıde hıs house ın Vlora

Vlora, Albanıa. Cold much better, thank you. But now I am conscıous of how many ınsect bıtes I have sustaıned over the past few days. Fleas, mosquıtoes, and no doubt other thıngs that have been delıghted to bıte ınto my foreıgn flesh. Got up early to catch a mını busvan. Thıs waıted untıl the drıver was happy he had enough passengers before he would drıve off. Slıghtly frustratıng, as another bus arrıved headıng to the same destınatıon and seemed to fıll up faster than t [View Full Entry]

By viaggiatore antico
October 5th 2009

Corfu Oct 1-5 2009 Europe » Greece » Ionian Islands » Corfu

Waiting for the cruise in Ancona

Hey everyone out there! Sorry that this post has been a long time coming. School has picked up and is surprisingly demanding. I've been having a blast in the city, but I also have been on two weekend excursions that have been a lot of fun. Round about the 15th of Sept, I went down to Sorrento on the Bay of Naples and then I just got back from a long weekend trip to Corfu, Greece. Because I have been a little unorganized I am going to work backwards in time for the next posts until I catch up to now. [View Full Entry]

By mikeharron
October 3rd 2009

Week 43 and 44 in Greece Europe » Greece » Central Macedonia » Thessaloniki

Crocus

Week 43 and 44 in Greece. Mon 14th Sept Neighbour Kirio George wheeled his wheel barrow to Mama's with corn cobs and some melons for our chooks from his large vegetable garden. The corn cobs were stripped down and the actual corn kernels put out to dry for the chooks to eat at a later date. Mama started them and did 20 cobs before Michael and I did the rest. I got a blister on my right hand from the repetitive action on my palm, near my thumb. When I was returning from a walk up the street, one motorist threw [View Full Entry]

By MikeAndKelly
October 2nd 2009

Athens in a Day Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

Temple of Olympian Zeus

The bed I found so great compared to a coach seat on Delta wasn't as great as I remembered. The highlight of the night was Kelly coming out of the bathroom with the lights off thinking her reflection in the full length mirror was an intruder and screamed. In the dead of the night that had my heart racing for a while. Luckily we have internal clocks that wake us up early (we don't use alarm clocks at home) and we relied on those to get us out of the hotel room by 11am. Yikes, felt like the whole day was [View Full Entry]

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