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I worked day and night for a week,or maybe more, to draw and paint a large map of Mediterranean Sea on my courtyard . I live in Volos, a Greek city and the courtyard in front my house was somehow ugly because it was just cement on the floor. I wanted to place stone slab and make it nice so my 3years old daughter enjoys to play. Ok, it was expensive for me , so I decided to paint it to make it look better. I thought it would be good for my daughter to make a colorful map of Mediterranean so she can play and learn things.

Maps is a very strong educational instrument, for us the teachers.

I tried to make the map look like a map of the Hellenistic era so i could pretend living at that time having a villa decorated with mosaics and hanging around with philosophers and generals making plans on the map .

It was also a chance to pretend that i am planning to travel to beautiful Greek islands and Mediterranean shores.

Excuse my English, blame google translator for any confusion. ;)

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