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The First Games

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March 28th 2018
The first Olympic games were held nearly 2800 years ago and today I stood where they competed and held victory so long ago. Our travel group was up and ready for the day and the first stop was by all accounts an Olympic one. We visited the first Olympic Stadium in Olympia, Greece. We met our guide for the day, an older Greek woman with so much knowledge, that time ran out before she was done. S ... read more

Europe » Greece

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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