Ancient Agora

Athina and Santorini

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July 31st 2008
Yasus everyone! We arrived in our first European destination, Athens Greece. After a four hour flight from Bahrain we flew over Saudi Arabia, Israel and the Greek Islands before descending over the Acropolis and other awesome sights in Athens. We were pretty stoked that the weather was a comfortable 32C, sunny and dry! After catching the metro with all our gear to Omonia Square (home to many ... 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