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		<title>Grant the Scot and the Greek presence in Scotland</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2011 08:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was a typical Scottish day, just before the start of summer…cold, windy, rainy, and then of course the sun came out. This phenomenon repeated over and over again. As I made my way, alone, in the Scottish Highlands, I couldn’t help but think of Grant the Scot. Grant…A Greek in all but name Historian [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=189&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>BIG Greek Hearts Beating Greek Rhythms: A Hellenic Identity in Beirut</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jul 2011 03:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Known to many as the Paris of the Middle East and the birthplace of the Alphabet, Beirut is a bastion of Arab culture. Night life, good food, plastic surgery offices and fast cars epitomise this city. It is hard to imagine that this hustling, bustling city, with its crazy drivers and soldiers dotted around key [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=182&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Astoria&#8230;Little Athens in the Big Apple</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 00:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a place I know where one is surrounded by Greek shops and Greek speakers. A place were you can buy a yeeros, not a kebab. A place were old men can be seen playing with their kombologia at their usual table in MacDonald&#8217;s. This place I know would not be out of sync [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=176&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The resilient history of Cyprus</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jan 2011 07:45:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cyprus has had more twists and turns than a TV soap&#8230;&#8230; if only it were a TV soap! It was the end of winter and I had stopped off in Larnaca for a few days respite before my return to a freezing London. On a warm day, filled with plenty of sun shine, I thought [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=169&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Alexander&#8217;s Cultural Success&#8230;a Greek Village in Syria</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Nov 2010 04:24:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Touched by the Mediterranean Sea and all the delights that an Arabic country can offer, Al Hamidiyah is a small village that is not much different to any other found in Syria. Except its population speaks Greek. I had just made it aboard my flight from Damascus to the city of Latakia, which hugs the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=165&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Continuing to beckon visitors: The island of Crete from an Australian perspective</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 13:25:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It was my first day at work in London, a Wednesday as I recall, when my Kombaro called. “Billy, come over to Crete, you won’t regret it” By the Friday I had flown out to Crete to see what the fuss was all about… Crete can elicit different emotions for different people. To the Greeks, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=162&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Greek-Australian-Japanese Wedding in Stomio</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 10:43:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the phone call that I had waited years to receive…”Billy, I’m getting married.” Then the line went dead. A few moments later, George had called again to explain that he would be getting married in a matter of weeks in Stomio, Greece.  George Manetakis has been my best friend since we first met in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=146&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Libya: The secret haven of Greek colonies</title>
		<link>http://herculean.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/libya-the-secret-haven-of-greek-colonies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 12:38:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Billy &#38; George</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Arabic charm, Berber tribesmen, Islamic traditions, Mediterranean coast, pariah in the West. These are some of the tags we can ascribe to Libya when we think about that country. Mention the name Ghadafi and one automatically associates it with Libya&#8230; Mention the name Belisarius and you will draw a blank&#8230;but 1500 years ago this was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=144&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Greek village in Hungary: a story of the communist refugees</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 03:16:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s funny how a simple request to visit friends can lead to another Hellenic Travels adventure. With winter in London seemingly at an end, I was invited to Budapest to visit a few of my Australian friends who had moved there. As I always do before a simple visit to a foreign country I typed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=142&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Restoration: Tunisia with a touch of Hellenism</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Apr 2009 12:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Restoration. A word that stood out for me on my recent trip to Tunisia – a word which succinctly captures what the Greek community are aspiring to and what I in turn having been seeking for 10 years. Tunisia is picturesque Mediterranean country. Pristine beaches to the north, the Sahara in the south, the Arab [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=herculean.wordpress.com&amp;blog=780073&amp;post=140&amp;subd=herculean&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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