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Grasping the moment

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Been a while now that I haven t properly posted an article or pictures, but now that I have had time to look thoroughly at my new host country, Greece, I am ready to speak out... You might or might not know that Greece is one of the "best student" in the EU classroom. GDP reaching above 4.6% (double the average of most EU mammuth) and a budget deficit below 3% as agreed during the stability and growth pact within the [Maastricht] treaty framework. This very academic statement has the purpose of underlying one thing... The EU taxpayers' money has been used extensively in Greece, and since the entrance of Romania and Bulgaria in the family, Greece's prospects regarding future investments in South East Europe are looking bright. On the tourism side, Greece is practically virgin... I know it must sound surprising, but if you are already planning your retirement, I would seriously look at buying a blue and white house on one of the 2005 islands that form the Hellenic Repub