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October 6th 2010
Here begins my record of my time in Greece from 2010-(?). It isn’t strictly a travel blog because I’m living here (and not doing overly much traveling at the moment), but I want to record it all the same, and this seems as good a place as any. I’m here for a variety of reasons, but the simplest answer, the one that I generally offer to those who ask, “why are you here?” is that I’m he ... 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