Me ontop the acropolis

Roaming Athens

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June 11th 2007
Arrived in Athens at around 530 am at the pireaus port. The sleep on the ferry was actually pretty decent but rather short. We hopped on the metro and headed over to the area of the acropolis to do a bit of sight seeing. We stopped at a little coffee shop nearby and sat down to watch cats trying to pounce on a big group of pigeons while having a bit of breakfast on the sidewalk (no place to sit a ... read more

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

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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