TOURISM IN GREECE

In this article I am going to talk about any tips before you travel to Greece.




The first tip is about transport, Olympic Airways has flights between several cities and islands. On public transport the busses and taxis are the most popular way. If you want to travel on train, this is cheap but is very slow. One important network of ferries connects to Greece with any islands. You can rent a car but it is very expensive.




The second tip is that the best seasons for visit Greece are spring and autumnare because in this time you can find fewer tourists and the climate is not very hot. This season is presented from April to June and from August to October, how this time is without tourist, all thigs are cheaper and is most easy to find a hotel.



The third tip is that the only document that you need is the national identity card or passport force. If you are a citizen of European Union, you can remain without visa.




The penultimate tip is that you can to use a credit card in big islands but if the island is little you should to pay all things with cash.




And the final tip is that you can arrive to Greece by air, by land or by sea.
By air: Greece has 16 airports and has links with all big cities of Europe.
By land: In car you can go inside to Greece.
By sea: If you want to go to Greece by sea you should to catch the ferries from several Italian cities.

BY: NATALY PRADA ACOSTA

ANCIENT GREECE: ENTERTAINMENT

ANCIENT GREECE: ENTERTAINMENT

The Greek entertainment was represented by the culture and sports, you know, Greece it’s the Olympic Games cradle and the place of one of the most representative Athenian productions: the Theatre.

What did Athenians look for in the theatre? They loved theatre and they was involved in this through some festivals and representative stores for both earn money and make happy the audience, they inherit from classical Greece including Tragedy and Comedy.

The wardrobe for the presentations was really elaborated, why? The actors had to dress special masks for trying to look like the mythology’s gods; they added painted backdrops and elaborate costumes. But that’s not all, they had to practice a lot for the presentation, they studied the character, moves and facial expressions, they developed plotting and characterization.

About the topic of performance, it generally was the comedy based on politics figures and important people.

What can we say about sports? They see the Olympic Games like a religious festival in honor to Zeus, so seriously and with a little bit of events, selected sports and selected players. The games were held every fur years like now, with different intentions; today we see the Olympic Games just for enjoying and somebody used it to earn money and forget the real sense of the games: unite everybody and remember their god.

The music it’s really fun, I attached a little piece of Greek music; you can listen instrumental music, they are so good for acoustic performance and skillful with the guitar; I related that with Andean music in Colombia. Also, you can listen a little performance abut mythology and ancient Greek gods, enjoy it!!!

Source: http://www.discoverychannel.co.uk/

By FELIPE DOBLADO M.

Art related to work

At first, we must know that ancient grecians worked in order to keep two things right: first one, their relationship with gods; second one, themselves (about science, philosophy and arts).

"Greecian Zeus&Jupiter cartoon"

Okay, now that we know the reason, let's check the way.

One of the most important grecian works are their buildings. These huge estructures were built to keep the gods and goddesses close to humans, and greecians named them "themples". But built a big themple wasn't enough, this structure must be beautiful because gods will live there; so ancient greecians weren't just an excelents builters, they were an incredible architects

Here is an example, this is the Temple of Hephaistos, located on Athens.

Takenf from: http://www.crystalinks.com/greeksacredsites.html

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Being a writter or a philosopher was one of the most respected jobs on Greece, and they used written forms different from "narrative" ones to publish they investigations/creations: poetry and play (and here we can find jobs like "actor").

Some famous philosophers like Socrates, Aristotle or Plato just wrotte things for they students, but another persons like Homer, Euripides and Sophocles wrote stories about their culture, and made it interesting by plays in honor to the god of wine: Dionysus.

*Important data: Women did not make part of grecian philosophy or plays, important women were princesses or mythical (like Goddesses or Nymphs). Normal women worked like midwifes or farmers, or were at home.

Here are "The muses", grecian say that they are the inspiration of artist and scientist

"Disney's muses version (c) Hercules 1997"

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Work for art, art for work, grecians understood that art isn't just a way to "dream" and being expressive, it can be a form to live, and live happy -with money-.

*By: Eliana Moreno*

About Familiar Traditions

Nowadays, grecians don't look diferent from other cultures of the world, I mean, everyone uses jeans, tennis or shirts; we choose our names by famous events/persons and forget the importance of a gift's sense...but let's check out why grecians still being unique about their traditions.

There are 4 topics about grecian traditions:

1. Antique customs: 21th century they look like everyone else but in the past, they used clothes composed by some kind of sheet rounding all their bodies...that is a past thing but grecians still thinking that their culture must be respected, so in grecian plays the actors must use that antique style. Is a tradition go with the family to see this kind of show.

2. Clindren names: Parents honor earlier generations choosing the names of the grandparents for their kids. Is a tradition that the first name have been taken from his or her grandparents, and the middle name could be taken from child's parents.

3. Newbornings: When a baby is born, the family must give him or her some gifts, because this is a moment of incredible happiness and joy. Most common gifts are some gold or silver coins. The goal is to wishing luck for the new baby, they expect that he/she will be succesfull for the rest of her/him life.

4. Religious celebrations: Marriage, baptims and death ceremonies are really important into grecian traditions. Allways the grandfather (or father when grampa is dead) must give a speech before the ceremony; all family must be present and there are similar rituals to Ortodoxian Curch ones.

By: Eliana Moreno