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GREECE

MAP OF GREECE

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GREEK FOODS• Soulvaki • Gyro • You pronounce gyro uro • Olive oil• Olive oil is very important to Greeks• Soulvaki may include fish, shrimp, and

other seafood

GREEK HOLIDAYS• Ohi day Oct. 28th no day• Apokries right before lent• Day they gain independence from Ottoman Empires March 25th

GREEK LANDMARKS• Theater at Epidaurus• Acropolis of Athens• Sandy beach on island of Antipaxos

FUN FACTS• Mount olympus, the tallest peak in greece

is 9,570 ft. • Samaria george is a popular park on Crete the

walls rise up to 3,609 ft.• Greece is often said to be a meeting point of

Africa Asia and Europe• Large boats called ferries transport between the

islands