Changing of the gaurd

A day in Athens

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May 15th 2015
Geo: 37.9792, 23.7166Relief comes to mind when I call recall arriving in Athens. With Greece being the focus of the journey and missing our connecting flight due to bad weather in Shanghai I think we could be forgiven for thinking we were never actually going to arrive there. After an unscheduled overnight stop in Frankfurt we walk through the arrival gates at Athens airport to be greeted by ... read more

Europe » Greece » Attica » Athens

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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