Parthenon

Vacation from Real

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June 19th 2008
Greetings! Mark and I are currently in Meteora waiting for a train back to Athens. After leaving Corfu we headed to Nafplio, a port city on the mainland of Greece, a base to which we would day trip to Mycenae to see the "ruins"...or as I like to call them...foundations and a couple of rocks. Admittedly Nafplio was a bit of a touristy town and we left as soon as we were able. In Athens we g ... 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