1. GREECE
GREECE
IT’S VACATION TIME!
Greece is a beautiful,
mountainous country
filled with beautiful
oceans and mysterious
stories. Vacations can
include mysteries, myths,
and can contain
When the winds educational value. Olive
are rough, sailing groves flourish in rocky
gets dangerous. Of soil, and are beautiful to
course, you wouldn’t be around. The people are
be troubled by this, friendly and can’t wait to
since the sea rages see you!Greece is located in
mostly in winter. Europe and Asia minor.
With mountains and seas,
Mainly, Greece is Greece is a wonderful
warm and dry. If destination for tourists.
you venture down The forests of the Pindus
from someplace cold, Mountains are right in
you won’t ever want the center. For anyone
to leave! seaward bound, Crete is
the place for you. An
island off the coast the
Mediterranean Sea
separates you from the
Balkan Peninsula.

2. Greece is the Place for You
A mysterious site to visit
is the ruins of the
sanctuary at Delphi. In
Did you know... ancient Greece, the
Ancient Greeks were oracle would sit in the
polytheistic. They had middle of the building
twelve olympian gods and murmur strange
that helped them explain words. Priests would
natural events. Lots of
famous ruins in Greece “interpret” these words
are temples to the gods. into fortunes or advice Athena, the influenced
If not, most somehow for people seeking help. Greek the
were connected to them. Now we know that goddess of
Not only did gods sitting in the fumes her religion of
explain natural events, wisdom the ancient
entire life caused her to and battle
their anger or joy go crazy, but in ancient Greeks.
caused good weather or strategy, Built in
sicknesses. Greece, people thought was given
the god 447-432 b.c.,
the it was one
Apollo Parthenon
The Greeks were the
was of the
first to come up with the for the greatest
speaking people of
Olympic games. All
to her. achievemen
battles were stopped for Athens to ts of “the
this event. Once a year, worship golden
nations would forget her with. A age.”
their arguments to send great
their best warriors to tourist
run and sail for sport. attraction
Held in Athens, these
were very important to , it was a
Greek culture. beautiful
temple that
By: Patricia Montgomery