The Spanakopita Welcome

Georgia's mom, Maria, teaches me how to make spanakopita. (The fact that I don't speak Greek is immaterial).

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June 1st 2007
I arrived in Athens a week ago on the first stop of my Backpacking the Balkans tour. I have stayed here for a week with my friend Georgia and her mother, who is a saintly spanikopita-making machine. She just laughs at us when we show up at 5AM every morning, and wakes us up at 2PM in the afternoon with the aroma of Greek (not Turkish!) coffee. Georgia is an Athens native and a fairly famous pe ... read more

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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 Worl... ... read more

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