This is a country of thousands of islands; the coast of the Aegean Sea has witnessed the two earliest civilizations of Europe: Minoan Civilization and Mycenae Civilization, then Greece started to experience a rough period in its history until 800B when a new civilization emerged in Greece. Immersing us in the period of glory, we can’t help ourselves recall the intricate Knossos Palace, the grand Lion Gate, the gracious Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, the matchless sculptures, and the magnificent temples; certainly, those old castles with broken walls bricks in front of us also make us feel sentimental: the feeling of be lost in the history rises up. Even the most grand castles and palaces couldn’t resist their aging, losing all their graciousness; however, we can’t doubt that there are things that never die: certain figures, and certain occasions, they can never be wiped out as time goes by. The impression of Greece, the sky painted in blue with out clouds; the brightness like a twenty eight years old young woman, who is healthy, positive, willing to learn and having no worries; and the sea colored by blue for thousands of miles; the peace like a forty year old young wife, who is diligent, virtuous, content, understanding, knowing how to fully reveal the beauty tested by the time. The impression of Greece, Greece has a soft and clean temperament which is transporting; Greece is filled with the romance of the Middle Ages, which makes you want to set your foot into this mysterious country of thousands of islands, bravely walking around this place…….Of course, at the moment when my both feet stepped on this piece of land, all my impressions gradually faded; as a matter of fact, the country illustrated by the images and words is merely part of Greece……

這是一個千島之國，這片愛琴海沿岸的土地見證了歐洲最早的兩大文明：米諾斯文明(Minoan civilisation)及邁錫尼文明(Mycenae civilisation)，之后希臘經(jīng)歷了一段坎坷的歷史沉浮，直至公元前800年新的希臘文明誕生。漫步于那段流金的歲月，不由得讓我們想起曲折迂回的克諾索斯迷宮、雄壯威武的獅子門、千古吟頌的荷馬史詩、精彩絕倫的雕塑、典雅雄偉的神廟建筑，當(dāng)然那些訴說著歷史變遷的故壘廢墟、殘垣斷壁、荒城古冢、破磚碎瓦也會同時一一從我們眼前掠過，總不免觸景生情，亦難免感慨萬千：歷史失落感油然而生啊。即使是宏偉的城市、輝煌的宮殿，也因經(jīng)不住人世的滄桑和歲月的磨礪而面目全非，但是我們相信有不朽的東西：有些人、有些事是永遠(yuǎn)不會湮沒、失落于歲月的迷霧之中。
印象中的希臘，天空——是一派萬里無云的藍(lán)，明媚一如二八年華的少女，健康、積極、樂天好學(xué)，沒有一絲心事；而海水——是一片無邊無際的藍(lán)，靜謐又如四十少婦，勤勞、內(nèi)斂，懂得知足、明白進退，曉得如何將經(jīng)過歲月洗禮的風(fēng)韻發(fā)揮得淋漓盡致。印象中的希臘，充滿了溫柔干凈的氣質(zhì)，讓人魂牽夢縈；充滿了中世紀(jì)騎士的浪漫，讓人不禁想投入希臘這個“千島之國”的仙境、無畏地在其間閑庭信步……然而，當(dāng)我的雙腳觸摸到希臘這片土地的那一刻起，一切的印象漸漸退去，原來這些從圖片、文字中得到的印象并非希臘的全部……