Trying to get home...Greece: Day 3 Photo 1

Trying to get home...Greece: Day 3

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November 11th 2007
I didn't want to wake up again late today since it was our last day in Greece. We found out from Dean that because of the whole Greek Orthodox 'Christian Thing' and he did use "air quotes" Saturday Night everything shuts down early to prepare for the dya of rest kind of thing. He then asked if me and Rose were sisters--the finny thing is we were just talking about how we wondered if people thoug ... 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