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Greece: Part I

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May 26th 2008
Greetings from Athens! I promised to keep this blog a bit shorter than the last, so hopefully this won’t be too long. As many of you know, I’ve been in Greece for the last 12 days or so, doing a one-course study abroad program that lasts a month. So far we’ve already been to Crete, Santorini, Naxos, the Peloponnese, and Athens. It’s been exhausting moving from hotel to hotel every few days ... read more

Europe » Greece » Crete » Heraklion

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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