You know our motto at Picture Yourself There: every day’s a school day. And you can prepare for something of a history lesson this morning as we give you the lowdown on Ochi Day, a national holiday for Greece which falls on 27th October. On this day in 1940, the Greek dictator Metaxas was issued an ultimatum from Mussolini’s ambassadors which threatened war unless Italian troops were allowed to occupy areas of Greek territory. Metaxas delivered his response, ‘ochi’: ‘no’.
Well, so says the urban legend, anyway. To be fair, it was supposedly 4am when all this was going on, so he probably wasn’t feeling all that talkative at the time (who is before a coffee and a bagel?). Student parades take place to this day (is there any occasion students won’t commemorate with a march?), with the boulevards of Athens grinding to a halt as the people celebrate. Take a trip to Syntagma square to join in the fun.
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Days are our own, an appropriate as well as for you to select their own life. To see perfect it, bless you!
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