Folegandros

Folegandros

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September 19th 2005
Left for Ios on Saturday morning and arrived about 4pm and found that no-body was waiting for us like we had arranged so jumped on the bus to take us into the village where our hostel was supposed to be. Got into the village and wandered around for a while and found the tourist information centre where we asked where our accomodation was, she had never heard of it so I used my mobile to call the p ... 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