GREECE is an impressive country to visit because it’s a very old civilization. Olympics has its origin here and the 2004 Athens Olympics drew lots of tourists. Modern day Greece has its own fill of sceneries to see and food to eat. Greek food is always part of a larger cuisine called the Mediterranean cuisine. In a way, Greek cuisine is one of the healthiest in the world because it contains olive oil which has minimum fat content, it contains fruits and vegetables indigenous to Greece and it contains lots of seafood coming from the Mediterranean. Among these catch are redfish, grouper, lobsters and mollusks and if you’re lucky enough, you can drop by a Greek seafood restaurant complete with the live fish. You can then instruct the waiter to pluck the fish from the aquarium and let it cook to whatever is on the menu. For instance, you can have your fish sauteed or grilled in olive oil. But if you don’t like fish, then you can have lamb meat in a shawarma. Anyway, Greek food is synonymous with Turkish food and the shawarma there is yummy. Another feature of Greek gastronomy is the following: native Greeks usually dine out and do not cook at home but when they do, watch out for they will really be throwing an evening of poolside parties.

Going beyond food now, Greece will be hosting an Olympics basketball qualifier. For those teams who have not made it to the 2004 Athens Olympics, it will be a great opportunity for them to play here in the glory that was Olympiad in the olden times. The privileged countries are the following: Brazil, Canada, Cape Verde, Croatia, Cameroon, Germany, Croatia, Lebanon, South Korea, Puerto Rico, Slovenia and New Zealand. When going to Greece, always remember that you don’t need a visa anymore if you come from a European country. But if you come from other continents, then you definitely need a visa.

For another piece of news, MAN, the largest telecommunications provider in Greece, has announced that it Ericsson has won its bidding to install fiber optic cellular phone networks in seven Greek municipalities. That’s not a lot but this is the first venture of Ericsson to enter the country. And this is really a noble project since it marks the first time that these towns will go digital. The summer fires of 2007 has destroyed much hope for the residents of southern Greece especially that some of the historical structures in Peloponnesse were destroyed and so events like this tend to enliven the morality of the people in this country. These seven cities are not contiguously located but are rather chosen for their strategic geographical location to neighboring economies such as Cyprus, Malta and Albania. Thus, in a way, it can help prosper the technological advancement of Greece’s cyber revolution. It’s not just in the technology and food level that Greece has cooperated with other countries. A recent report showed there will be more military cooperation between Greece and Turkey in the future.