Queen Sofia's trip to Greece; October 15 - 18, 2007

[lula]

The queen Sofía of Spain has returned to her natal Greece to represent the premiere of the movie 'El Greco', together with the director of cinema Yannis Smaragdis.

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[lula]

Queen Sofia of Spain at the Athens City Hall

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[susan alicia]

Spoke to my mother who lives in Athens, Sofia's visit has not been on the news nor in the newspapers (at least the one she reads). Very low key visit then

[lula]

More photos in the town hall

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[lula]

Doña Sofía: "Atenas siempre ocupará un lugar en mi corazón" · ELPAIS.com

Dona Sofía: " Athens always will occupy a place in my heart "

The queen Sofía has received the golden medal of her natal city, Athens, in a solemn and emotive ceremony in the one that has declared in her mother language: " Athens always will occupy a preferential place in my heart, as one more Athenian, of birth and of heart, of a city of more than twenty-five centuries. In Athens there place the first recollections of my life, here I joined in marriage to the king of Spain and, since acertadamente sentenced Lord Byron, our earlier recollections also will be the last ones ".
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[noldorlord]

Originally Posted by susan alicia

Spoke to my mother who lives in Athens, Sofia's visit has not been on the news nor in the newspapers (at least the one she reads). Very low key visit then

The greeks try to keep as much of it out of the papers and the news as possible. The GRF are almost never mentioned.