Greece is located in the Balkan Peninsula and borders with Albania, Fyrom, Bulgaria and Turkey.

  

Independence Day March 25, 1821

Language Greek (official)    Population 10,688,058 (2006 est.)

Religions Greek Orthodox

Greek orthodox church

The average daily temperature in Athens is (Fahrenheit): January: 55 Febuary: 57 March: 60 April: 68 May: 77 June: 86 July: 92 August: 92 September:

84 October: 75 November: 66 December: 58

The climate of Greece is mild Mediterranean. Although many places in northern Greece have cold winters with lots of snow where highly developed ski centres boost the winter tourism of Greece.

The Greek alphabet is a set of twenty-four letters that has been used to write the greek language since the 8th century BC. It is still in use today.

Evangelia Adam (model)

Manolis Andronikos (archaeologist)

Jennifer Aniston (actress, model born in USA) John Aniston (actor)

Manolis Andronikos archaeologist

John Stamos actor Pamphylia Tanailidi (actress)

George Michael (singer)

John Aniston. John Stamos.

They eat lots of vegetables, olives, fish, pasta, fruit, bread and dried foods.

Olives are made for lots of things such as olive oil and olive juice.