First Modern Olympic Stadium

this is the original olympic stadium from the modern games... from 1894!! still used today (although i think that this was just the athenians cutting budget!!)

Athens... our only european experience!

May 1st 2005
another of my list of 'must dos' ... the parthenon in Athens... the only european thing on our list for this trip so I was pretty excited about this bit!! despite being very sad to be leaving england and the comfort of my second home we got a little bit excited about starting our adventure again! unfortunately, not being good greek orthodox people we neglected to know that it was greek east ... 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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