Ioannina lake

The start of the Grecian traverse

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September 19th 2012
19 September 2012 We were parked next to a noisy ventilation shaft on the camping deck and so had a rather disturbed night. The boat arrived at 08.30 at Igoumenista and after some rather intricate reversing with many shouted instructions from the crew, all 16 vans safely disembarked to begin the two day 500 mile journey eastwards across the whole of Northern Greece to the Turkish bor ... read more

Europe » Greece

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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