Have you ever been to Greece? If ever you have not yet been there, it is now your time to shine and visit Greece while escaping from your stressful work. There are many sites to discover and view within Greece, since then you should not waste your time of just sitting there and waiting. Now is your time to celebrate and have enough time to celebrate life to the fullest. Within the Europe, Asia and Africa; the country of Greece nestled. Greece heirs many stretchy, eventful history as well as cultural heritage which has been influenced by the Northern Africa and the Middle East; and being molded with the European culture and what they called the West.

Since 1981, Greece has been recognized as a member of the European Union and became one of the progressive countries nowadays. Aside from that, last year of 2001 it has been already joined the list as a member of the Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union. Greece has also been the member of NATO since 1952, with the OECD since 1961, with the WEU since 1995 and with the ESA since 2005. Greece’s capital is the city of Athens and the cities of Thessalonica, Patras, Heraklion and lastly Larissa are Greece’s other main cities.

The country of Greece is consists of a hilly at the same time rocky mainland, stick out into the sea particularly at the southern end of the Balkans. And because the four-fifth of Greece is consists of mountains and hills, it considered within the European countries as the most mountainous in Europe. On the other hand, the Western Greece contains a variety of lakes as well as wetlands and being taken over with the Pindus mountain array. Since Pindus is having the range of 2, 636 meters it is now the prolongation of the Dinaric Alps.

Greece has three types of climate; these are the Mediterranean, the Alpine and then the temperate types. The Mediterranean type consists of mild, wet winters and hot dry summers. The region of Cyclades, Dodecanese, Crete, Eastern Peloponessus and the parts of Sterea Ellada has been the parts which has the most affected with this type of climate. The Northwestern part of Greece anyway particularly the mountainous area were mostly the place being affected by the Alpine type of climate. While the Temperate types of the climate affects the Central Macedonia, as well as the East Macedonia and the Thrace. The city of Athens however experiences both the type of climate of temperate and Mediterranean. In the city’s northern suburb are being controlled by the temperate type while the downtown as well as the southern suburbs has a typical Mediterranean type.

Since the place is a perfect location for political and economic stability, it has currently been rush with innovative type of companies like the Ericcson, Siemens, SAP, Motorola, Coca-cola and more. And in fact, the coca-cola company has their own R&D headquarters in Greece. That is why despite its harsh history, Greece now become one of the progressive and booming countries around the world.