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The Wonders of Ancient Greece

Posted by atatravel | 30th October 2008

Kalimera! ("good day" in Greek)

I recently had the distinct pleasure of traveling to Athens and the Cycladic Islands as a representative for Academic Travel Abroad with travelers from the Association of Yale Alumni and Smithsonian Journeys. If you’ve never been to Greece or the picturesque Cycladic Islands, this is the trip to take! We were accompanied by Eleni Zachariou, our Greek historian and local expert who added real value and distinct character to all the sights by giving us the historical background at each location.
Our tour started in Athens, where we visited the sights of the acclaimed Acropolis with the majestic Parthenon and Erechtheum temples and enjoyed a lecture by Elani which told the story of this location’s turbulent history through Greek, Persian and Mycenaean influences. We then proceeded to the famous Greek Agora site where we were introduced to t

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