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Lots of historic junk  
   

Lots of historic junk

It's amazing to see so much history just laying in piles all over these historic spots. I guess much of the stuff the archaeologists don't reassemble is either too damaged to reuse or is debris from a later era. While a column built by 2nd Century Romans would be impressive almost everywhere else, in Delphi that column is considered unimportant because it was built on top of the "good stuff" erected by the Greeks a thousand years before that.
Day Eleven (Tuesday)

July 4th 2006
Another rough night for me. Even though this seems like a quiet sleepy little town last night sounded like a 4th of July celebration. I started the night off with my windows and curtains open in order to get a nice breeze coming through but the street below my balcony must have had a sign saying "Hang out here". There were people yakking all night. When I put my foam air plugs in my ear the ta ... read more
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Greek Flag 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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