Neubokow is a small town of 4000 on the coast of the Baltic Sea in north east Germany.  Archeologist Heinrich Schliemann was born here and there is a small museum here dedicated to his life and work.  Schliemann (1822-1890) was a German businessman and influential amateur archaeologist. He advocated for the historicity (historical actuality of people and places) of places mentioned in the works of Homer. He spent much of the second half of his life unveiling the actual physical remains of the cities of Homer's epic tales. The location of Troy was his first interest. He were persuaded to begin digging at Hissarlik. By 1873 he discovered nine buried cities. Artifacts of copper and metal molds, metal tools, cutlery, shields, and vases were found at a depth of 8.5 metres. Gold artifacts were also found in June 1873. Schliemann smuggled to gold out of the Ottoman Empire to Greece.  He continued to excavate dig sites up to his death in 1890. He died in Naples, Italy, of Cholest...

Sue from Germany is vacationing in Greece. She must spend summers there as she changed her address to Greece (Greek registration number). Normally Sue lives in Weil der Stadt. Sue was in Astypalaia, a Greek island of 1350 people and is a part of the Dodecanese, an archipelago of 12 major islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea. Astypalaia is named after Astypalaea, an ancient Greek mythological figure. She is believed to be a Phoenician princess, daughter of King Phoenix and Perimede, daughter of Oeneus and the sister of Europa. 

Jason lives in Mytilene  Μυτιλήνη , the capital of the island of Lesbos. Mytilene has a population of just under 30 000, and 58 0000 in the metropolitan area.  Tourism is a big part of Mytilene's economy, but ouzo is produced here. Over 15 commercial producers exist on Lesbos. The city also exports sardines, olive oil, ladotyri cheese, and woodwork.  Mytilene also has a ferry terminal that serves Piraeus, Athens, and Thessaloniki on the mainland, as well as to the nearby islands of Lemnos and Chios and Ayvalik, and irregular service to Dikili, Turkey. Its a six hour ferry ride to Athens.