Street life in Athens

Athens

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May 30th 2008
We've been in Athens for about 3 days now and it's been quite a shock from the islands! We're just so unused to being in a busy, bustly, noisy and dirty city after a month cruising around the breezy islands. Athens is quite a lot like what people say it is. An awful lot of it is run down - apparently due to the massive expansion in the 1960s which saw the city go from a population of 250,000 to ... 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