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		<title>St. George of Ioannina</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2008 21:26:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[St. George of Ioannina]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tsourchli]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The memory of the New Martyr George &#8220;who was martyred in Ioannina&#8221; is honored every year with the appropriate dignity in his birthplace Aghios Georgios, Grevena (previously Tsourchli). A village which changed its name in honor of the saint in 1927. On the 17th of January, a day our Church honors with the feast of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=73&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>X-rays and results on the same day</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2008 19:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One evening, I accompanied my husband who went to have a chest x-ray. The general practice here is to go to a radiology lab with a doctor&#8217;s order in hand to have the x-rays taken. An appointment rarely needs to be made as most welcome walk-ins. Once we arrived, there was only one person being [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=76&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in Greece</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:35:11 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas in Greece]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek Christmas traditions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kourabiedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melomakarona]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Basil]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Basil bread]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[St. Nicholas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[St. Nicholas is important in Greece as the patron saint of sailors. According to Greek tradition, his clothes are drenched with brine, his beard drips with seawater, and his face is covered with perspiration because he has been working hard against the waves to reach sinking ships and rescue them from the angry sea. Greek [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=68&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Kalikatzaroi</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Dec 2007 18:07:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Superstitions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Demons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greek Superstition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Koutsavli]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Story of the tree of life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Greek superstition these are little demons or goblins that come on the earth for twelve days beginning on Christmas (December 25th) and ending their visit on Epiphany (January 6th). Traditions about the Kalikatzaroi vary from region to region, but in general they are half-animal, half-human monsters, black, hairy, with huge heads, glaring red eyes, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=66&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blood draw</title>
		<link>http://thegreekadventure.wordpress.com/2007/09/20/blood-draw/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 18:28:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Medical care and costs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Blood draw]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I went in to my doctor&#8217;s office to have some blood drawn. Usually, here in Greece, people tend to get the order from their doctor and then go into a lab where they don&#8217;t have to long as wait to have blood drawn. Since I didn&#8217;t get my lab order prior to, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=39&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Medical care and costs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:17:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Emergency surgery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Charges for routine medical tests here in Greece usually depend on the doctor you see and his reputation in the community. However, charges are cheaper when compared to that in the U.S., even if one does not have insurance (example: doctor visit 30.00 euros – teeth cleaning 40.00 euros). ER services and Ambulance rides to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=33&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:15:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cost of living in Greece]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shopping in Greece is a very different experience compared to that in the U.S. For starters, stores here are not open 24 hours and are closed on Sundays.The first and most obvious difference while shopping at the supermarket is when you have to insert a 50 euro coin piece to unlock a cart for use. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=32&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walking and driving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Walking in Greece is hard work. In the states, people move aside to give the right away to the person who is coming towards them, so one might expect Greeks to do the same. But instead, they march straight ahead down narrow sidewalks with no notice of people coming toward them. Every approach is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=31&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Crime</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:38:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Crime in Greece is one of the lowest in Europe and is one of the safest countries in the world. This is not to say that crime does not exist. It certainly does. However, the majority are petty crimes as armed violence and random assaults are fairly uncommon. Gun control is strictly enforced and possession [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=29&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Siesta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:19:02 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Pace of life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The first thing you will find is just how different the pace of life is in Greece, compared to that in the states. Like in many countries that run along the Mediterranean, the Greeks like to observe an afternoon siesta, and the business day includes a two to three hour lunch break for this very [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=28&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Housing</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:16:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In cities here in Greece, people live over each other and not spread out. The majority of people live in rather small apartments and it is not likely that you would find wall to wall carpeting in any home. Instead, you will find area carpets used during the winter months. Tile floors are the norm [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=27&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Name Change</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you get married in Greece and would like to change your last name, this came done at the American consulate. All one needs to take in is their marriage certificate and passport. A stamp is then added to one of the back pages of your passport showing your new name. This only takes a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=26&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Having a child in Greece</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:09:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are an American citizen and have a child in Greece from a Greek national you must register the birth locally and then again at the American Consulate. When doing so the child automatically gets dual citizenship. It is very easy as long as you have all the paperwork needed and your child must [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=25&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Mattress</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Sep 2007 15:49:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This afternoon I went to purchase a new mattress for our bed. My husband refused to come along, since last week, I was indecisive as to whether we should get a new bed or just a new mattress. Well, after seeing the beds offered at Media Strom and the costs for them, I decided on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=78&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Evil Eye</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:40:55 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Superstitions]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is by far the most famous of all Greek superstitions with very old roots in Hellenic culture from the time of paganism. Paintings of Greek triremes over two thousand years ago have an eye painted at the front of the trireme in an attempt to ward off the Evil Eye. The Evil Eye is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=45&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Parent&#8217;s Curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:38:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“As long as you have the blessing of your parents it does not matter even if you live in the mountains.” This is an indication of the value that is placed on the blessing of a parent towards a child in a child’s life. It is considered a very bad omen in one’s life if [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=56&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The danger of a Parent&#8217;s Curse</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Traditionally Greek families tend to be very close, and there usually exists strong bonds between all members of the near family and the extended family. Greeks place a very high respect on elders and younger children will often call elders “Aunt” or “Uncle” who are not blood relatives out of respect. Parents have an even [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=55&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Good Bee</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:35:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Along time ago the Turtle, the Spider, the Wasp, and the Bee were all brothers. The Mother that they all shared became very sick and on her deathbed she called for her children. She was sure that all her children would rush to her side as she had been the best mother the world had [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=54&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tuesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:34:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday is considered the unluckiest day during the week for the Greek people. It was on this day on Tuesday May 29th, 1453 that the unimaginable happened and the city of Constantinople fell to the Osman Tribe, the “Ottoman Turks”. It is often said that businesses that open on this day have a black mark [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=53&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The number 13</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 09:33:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The number 13 on its own is not an unlucky number in Greek culture. The opposite is often considered true by many Greeks, that is that the number thirteen is considered to be lucky. Some areas in Greece say that the number 13 represents the 12 apostles and Christ with Christ being the 13th member. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thegreekadventure.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1307373&amp;post=52&amp;subd=thegreekadventure&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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