Tag:Athina
Athens – GreeceStrolling through Athina, homecoming Athens is one of the world’s oldest cities, with its recorded history spanning over 3,400 years, and its earliest human presence beginning somewhere between the 11th and 7th millennia BC. According to Greek mythology the city was named after Athena, the ancient Greek goddess of wisdom. Classical Athens was one of the most powerful city-states in ancient Greece. It was a centre for democracy, the arts, education and philosophy, and was highly influential throughout […]
Country Series Greece This is the first publication in our country series. Our intention is to share with you in one page our relation with the pertinent country. Our relationship with Greece Our first introduction to Greece was in 1985 when we spent a holiday on Crete. We didn’t know at that time that years later we would live and work in Greece. From 1993 to 1999 we lived in Kifissia a suburb of Athens and Adriaan worked in Piraeus. […]
