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Monday, November 10, 2014

Thousands leave Kalymnos to start new lives on foreign shores

“Fifty years ago they would dive deep to collect sponges, today they climb as high as possible to paint bridges,” Chris Alahouzos, vice mayor of Tarpon Springs, a city in Florida founded by Greek sponge divers and immigrants from the islands of Kalymnos, ... ...


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