Athens

Go the Chiefs!

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August 4th 2012
Why are all our flights at such stupid times? Once more we were up before dawn to get a flight, this time from Rhodes to Athens. We left too early to wake the rest of the family up and watched the sun rise as we drove up the east coast of Rhodes. When we checked in we realised that the plane was going on to Rome. We were booked on an afternoon flight to Rome and so we asked if we could fly straigh ... 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