Athens

Hey look! A Blog!

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December 6th 2010
Yassas! Look! Another blog, and you didn’t have to wait a month this time. You can thank me when I get home; gifts can be forwarded to mi casa. ;-) So…Greece. It’s been excellent. I’m just about as in love with it as I was Italy, but in a different way. They are so completely different. Italy was fast paced, hectic and insane. Its energy was infectious and exhausting and I loved it. Gr ... 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