watching the sea

Day 16 and 17

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October 18th 2008
Day 16 and 17 Good Morning… Now where were we…ah yes, in our last exciting episode I was heading out to hike over the hill to the beach on the other side. It was quite the hike, the “hill” was very steep and the trail was, well, interesting. It wasn’t until I ended up overlooking a precipice about half way up and had to backtrack that I saw the red dots painted here and there ma ... read more

Europe » Greece » Crete

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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