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some of the best days of our lives... Santorini (the Greek Islands)

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April 30th 2009
Let me paint a picture for you, okay? Santorini is watercolours, oils and graffiti painted not on canvas but on the eternally blue, flat surface of the sea. It has colour Athens doesn’t (which is so refreshing), though still the base of all is the same: Mediterranean white wash- but haphazardly splashed with reds, blues, yellows and donkey shit. This place redefines beautiful as we have seen †... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Santorini

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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