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Lazy hazy daze of summer

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June 15th 2011
Marika, Will and Kim recently became Greek citizens and yesterday had a lovely drive through their second country (they of course maintain their Canadian citizenship). We drove from Athens over the Corinth Canal and diagonally across the Peloponnese peninsula. We stopped at Mycenae – Agamemmon’s citadel. While the area had Neolithic settlements about 5,000 years ago, the Mycenean civilisati ... read more

Europe » Greece » Pelopennese » Messenia

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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