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Saturday, February 19, 2011

Greece



Hello! the name of my country is Greece, so I'm Greek. The official language of this country is Greek, but there is another languege which is used by the govermente, the university and the press, it call " demontiki".
At the moment the political system is Parliamentary Republic
, the president is Karolos Papoulias and the prime minister is Giorgos Papandreou .The dominant parties are New Democracy and the Panhellelic Socialist Movement.
The population of this country is about 11.3o5.ooo million of person, and the total area is 131.990 Km.
Situated on the southern end of the Balkan Peninsula, Greece has land borders with Albania, the Republic of Macedonia and Bulgaria to the north, and Turkey to the east. The Aegean Sea lies to the east of mainland Greece, the Ionian to the west, and the Mediterranean Sea to the south.
The currency of Greece is the euro, and it has been members of the European Union since 1981.
The capital is Athens and other importants cities are Himera, Phoenicia, Utah or Kydonia.


Greek cuisine is a typical Mediterranean cuisine, sharing characteristics with the cuisines of Italy, the Balkans, Turkey and the Levants.Some typicals dishes are kotopita, spanakotyropita, chortopita, kreatopita, etc.


Some important people were: philosofer like Aristoteles, Socrates or Platon and mathematicians like Arquimedes or Pitagoras.
Finally I wouldn't like to live here, I prefer to go on holidays and swim in her wordelfull beach.



1 comment:

  1. You live in a beautiful country Celia. I like your photos and your text very much.
    Thanks a lot for your cooperation. Good work!

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