My family's history is rooted in Greece which is located at the crossroads of europe, asia and africa.
I have always wanted to visit Greece!  It looks beautiful there.
The country is beautiful!  The fact that is has longest coast on the Mediterranean Sea helps!
Did you see Mama Mia!? It takes place there.  It has lots of pretty scenery in it.
, 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
Greek government-debt crisis, and subsequent austerity policies, have resulted in protests.
Geography and climate.
Located in Southern and Southeast Europe, Greece consists of a mountainous, peninsular mainland jutting out into the sea at the southern end of the Balkans, ending at the Peloponnese peninsula (separated from the mainland by the canal of the Isthmus of Corinth) and strategically located at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, and Africa. Due to its highly indented coastline and numerous islands, Greece has the 11th longest coastline in