the wonderful new Acropolis Museum

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September 19th 2014
Every travel story we read about Athens mentioned the searing heat on the Acropolis and warned not to go in the hottest month of August. But we’d booked our Greek tour for August and said pffft to searing heat – we’ve lived in Darwin, holidayed In Singapore and Bangkok – what could be hotter than that? Well, 42 degrees in Athens is pretty close I can tell you. Eye-dryingly, marble-bli ... read more

Europe » Greece

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

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