I am dying to go to Greece. It has the longest coastline on the Mediterranean Basin.
I've never been there. Is it heavily populated?
I am not sure, but Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilization, where democracy, Western philosophy, the Olympic Games, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, and Western drama originated from.
How is the economic climate over there?
I am not sure how the economy of Greece, that country on the southern tip of the Balkan peninsula, is doing today. 
What does the terrain look like in Greece?
The terrain of Greece is eighty percent mountainous, with Mount Olympus being the highest peak.
How tall is Mount Olympus?
Mount Olympus
Mount Olympus (; "Olympos", for Modern Greek also transliterated "Olimbos", or ) is the highest mountain in Greece. It is located in the Olympus Range on the border between Thessaly and Macedonia, between the regional units of Pieria and Larissa, about southwest from Thessaloniki. Mount Olympus has 52 peaks, deep gorges. The highest peak, Mytikas (Μύτικας "Mýtikas"), meaning "nose", rises to . It is one of the highest peaks in Europe in terms of topographic prominence
, Thessaly, Epirus, the Aegean Islands (including the Dodecanese and Cyclades), Thrace, Crete, and the Ionian Islands.
Greece is considered the cradle of Western civilisation, being the birthplace of democracy, Western philosophy, Western literature, historiography, political science, major scientific and mathematical principles, Western drama and notably the Olympic Games. From the eighth century BC, the Greeks were organised into various independent city-states, known as "poleis" (singular "polis"), which spanned the entire Mediterranean