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What Backpacking Is (or at least should be) All About

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July 19th 2009
As always, we now join you from some random location in Europe. This time, it's back in our favorite city in all of our travels, Berlin. Last time you heard from us, we were on our way to beautiful Greece. We will now fill you in on everything in between then and now... We arrived in Athens late at night and ended up having to take a bus into the city center. Our first impression of Greek peopl ... read more

Europe » Greece » South Aegean » Milos

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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