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Athens

Athens : Greatness + Time = Rip Off

September 10th 2008
We arrived in Athens at 3AM and took a handy 95X bus to the City Center to avoid a 45 Euro cab charge (cabs are double between midnight and 5AM). We thought it would be a quick short taxi ride from the center to our hotel room, and so we grabbed a cab, but no sooner had we done so we knew we had been duped. No meter visible in the cab was a good clue! The guy tells us it would be 15-18 Euro to our ... read more
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Greek Flag 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
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