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A chair from the past

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Kalabaka, Tríkala, Thessaly

Gýthio, Laconia, Peloponnese

Mount Tymfi, Ioannina, Epirus

Parga, Préveza, Epirus

Karitsa, Aetolia-Acarnania, Sterea Hellas

Vikos gorge, Ioannina, Epirus

Tatoi, Attica, Sterea Hellas

Quickly browsing through the Tatoi Royal Collections and some things about the GRF's books caught my eye:

Tons of books about European royal history, the history of Greece etc.

Fairytales, magazines, newspapers etc etc etc from Germany, Britain, Greece, Denmark (which makes sense tbh)

Lots of books about physics, which I believe were Frederica's reading material, as she was VERY interested in nuclear science

Many books about communism (King Paul and Queen Frederica did fight against Communism in the Greek Guerilla/Civil War, but they also had many staffers who were Communists and hired solely based on their merit and ability rather than political views - Eleni Glykantzi Arveler is a prime example)

Also many books about Cyprus (another thorny issue during their reign)

But the most intriguing thing is this one:

These people could practically speak English from the cradle, they used it with their (extended) family on the daily, why do you need a "teach yourself English" book??? 😭

#greek royal family #tatoi

Here's when we did some involuntary urbex 😁 It was a very sunny and warm day, so we visited several places around Mount Parnitha and ended in Tatoi (those pics will be next), which is a property of around 20 kms² where the countryside palace of the Kings of Greece used to be. Greece has been a republic for a bunch of decades already, so yep, everything was in ruins and decay.

Of course, there wasn't only the palace, it had a ton of extra buildings for all the servants, and we found this one in the middle of nowhere. So, we had to explore it! We didn't touch anything, didn't get into dangerous rooms, like the basement. It was very interesting to see the remaining objects and rooms.

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