{"id":83,"date":"2011-12-11T15:50:43","date_gmt":"2011-12-11T15:50:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/?p=83"},"modified":"2014-08-21T18:39:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-21T18:39:36","slug":"greek-blog-is-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.transparent.com\/greek\/greek-blog-is-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Greek blog is back!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Geia sas! (Hello)<\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a long time since this blog was last updated. Now it\u2019s time to bring it back in life!<\/p>\n

My name is Dareios (\u0394\u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2)<\/em> and I am the new writer for the Greek blog (\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc blog)<\/em>.<\/p>\n

I would like to introduce myself since we are going to spend much time together learning about the beautiful Greek language and culture (\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ae \u03b3\u03bb\u03ce\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03b9\u03c4\u03b9\u03c3\u03bc\u03cc).<\/em><\/p>\n

I was born and grew up in a small city 10km to the west of <\/span>Athens <\/a>\u00a0(\u0391\u03b8\u03ae\u03bd\u03b1)<\/em>\u00a0and next to <\/span>Pireus<\/a>\u00a0(\u03a0\u03b5\u03b9\u03c1\u03b1\u03b9\u03ac\u03c2)<\/em>. As you may already know Athens is the capital city (\u03c0\u03c1\u03c9\u03c4\u03b5\u03cd\u03bf\u03c5\u03c3\u03b1)<\/em> of Greece and Pireus is the biggest harbor (\u03bb\u03b9\u03bc\u03ac\u03bd\u03b9)<\/em> of the country.<\/span><\/p>\n

I have lived with my parents and my older brother until the age of 18. I had a lovely life back there throughout both of its stages, childhood and teenage! But there was something more. I used to spend every summer (\u03ba\u03b1\u03bb\u03bf\u03ba\u03b1\u03af\u03c1\u03b9)<\/em> in my grandparents\u2019 house which is located in Salamina or Salamis<\/a>. Salamis (\u03a3\u03b1\u03bb\u03b1\u03bc\u03af\u03bd\u03b1)<\/em> is the closest island to Athens and it takes only 15 minutes travelling by boat (15 \u03bb\u03b5\u03c0\u03c4\u03ac \u03c4\u03b1\u03be\u03af\u03b4\u03b9 \u03bc\u03b5 \u03c4\u03bf \u03ba\u03b1\u03c1\u03ac\u03b2\u03b9)<\/em> to reach it. My grandparents\u2019 house is 10 min walking from the beach (\u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03bb\u03af\u03b1)<\/em>. Needless to say that I had the best summers of my life there.<\/p>\n

After I have finished high school (\u03bb\u03cd\u03ba\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf)<\/em> I moved to another city for my studies. I studied in Evia <\/a>(\u0395\u03cd\u03bf\u03b9\u03b1)\u00a0<\/em>which is also an island (\u03bd\u03b7\u03c3\u03af)<\/em> 100km to the north of Athens and it is connected with the mainland of Greece by two bridges.<\/p>\n

When I finished my studies I had to do my military service for a year and afterwards I left for Germany, where I live now, to do my graduate studies in Engineering.<\/p>\n

So, that\u2019s all about me, more or less.<\/p>\n

Some basics about Greece and Greek:<\/p>\n

Greece (\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03b4\u03b1)<\/em> is located to the southeast end of Europe (\u0395\u03c5\u03c1\u03ce\u03c0\u03b7<\/em>). It is surrounded by the Aegean Sea (\u0391\u03b9\u03b3\u03b1\u03af\u03bf \u03a0\u03ad\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2)<\/em> from the east, the Ionian Sea (\u0399\u03cc\u03bd\u03b9\u03bf \u03a0\u03ad\u03bb\u03b1\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2)<\/em> fr\u03bfm the west and the Mediterranean Sea (\u039c\u03b5\u03c3\u03cc\u03b3\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b8\u03ac\u03bb\u03b1\u03c3\u03c3\u03b1)<\/em> from the south. Greece consists of 6000 islands and islets fr\u03bfm which only 227 are inhabited.<\/p>\n

The population of Greece is around 11 million people. Greek (\u03b5\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03ac)<\/em> is spoken all over the country. There are some differences in the pronunciation and the vocabulary in some islands and cities, but this is not a problem in communication.<\/p>\n

Together we are going to explore several aspects of Greek tradition and culture. Additionally we are going to learn some basic grammar and vocabulary. I hope to meet your expectations with my posts and have nice time together. Your suggestions on what you would like to be posted are very welcome.<\/p>\n

Eis to epaneidin! (Until next time)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\"\"

Geia sas! (Hello) It\u2019s been a long time since this blog was last updated. Now it\u2019s time to bring it back in life! My name is Dareios (\u0394\u03ac\u03c1\u03b5\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2) and I am the new writer for the Greek blog (\u0395\u03bb\u03bb\u03b7\u03bd\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc blog). I would like to introduce myself since we are going to spend much time…<\/p>\n

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