Hi
bloggers!
We have
left Bulgaria and now we are ready for a new adventure in another country: here
we are Greece! Maybe you may think, it’s not the right moment to visit Greece
with the financial crisis and the big problems Greece has, but for all that
Greece couldn’t be missing on our journey around the world. So we bought our
tickets and flew to the country of grapes, olives and olive oil.
Greece has
a mixed capitalistic economy. Something typical for the Greek economy is the
large public sector.
While
walking around through the capital of Greece, Athens, we noticed immediately
that tourism is the mayor source of
income. Everywhere you go, you see little shops and sellers who try
to convince you to buy something. Every year, more than 20 million tourists
visit Greece for its relaxed lifestyle and unique sights. And this year, we may
call us one of those 20 million tourists.
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| Piraeus: the port of Athens |
Agriculture
is important too for Greece. We hired a car to make a trip through the little
charming villages of Greece. It stroke us that we saw a lot of fields where the
inhabitants cultivate corn, olives, tomatoes, sugar beets,… Midway our trip we stopped close to a little
farm where we had the opportunity to taste the fresh products.
During our
trip in Athens, we met Andreas, a student who studies economy. We talked about
the economic situation of Greece and he said Greece has two challenges for the
future: first the country has to reconstruct his economy. A second challenge is
to reduce the number of unemployment. It was an interesting conversation and we
hope that Greece will recover soon!
Bye!
X Melisa
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