The closing ceremony and the completion of 15 days of the Athens 2004 Olympics.

Thc closing ceremony has been well received in Greece and with worldwide audiences. Having featured Greek classical, contemporary and modern music and songs…some familiar to international ears, some a new experience of the variety of the Greek music scene.

Some references and comment on the final big show, the closing ceremony and the happy result of a games staged against all the odds:
The BBC says:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/em/-/sport2/hi/olympics_2004/3607622.stm
CNN summarizes:
http://www.cnn.com/si/2004/olympics/2004/08/29/bc.oly.closingceremony.ap/index.html?cnn=yes
and Apologizes:
http://www.cnn.com/si/2004/olympics/2004/writers/08/29/reilly.letter/index.html?cnn=yes

To see the much-renewed and resplendent city of the 2004 games:
http://www.cretetravel.com/Athens

Let the Olympic spirit play on.

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Crete – Heraklion – Evening of 11 August 2004
Women’s Soocer – Olympic event
Greece vs. USA score: 0-3
USA wins the first event of the 2004 Olympics held in Crete yesterday.
The new PanCretan stadium, by the sea in Heraklion, welcomed the crowd for this first event of the games in Crete.
A great success featured in the stadium which only recently had “the wrappers removed”. The stadium was actually completed in construction terms, well ahead of the start of the Athens 2004 Olympics.

For further Olympic Games information see: http://www.cretetravel.com/Features/Olympic_Games_2004.htm

The new specially designed internet Map of Athens is the easiest to use and clearest to read.
Just added to the Guide to Athens at http://www.cretetravel.com/Athens . The new map is the easy way to plan a visit to Athens and get the most from the rejuvenated Olympic city.

The Map of Athens is at http://www.cretetravel.com/Athens/Athens_mini_guide/Athens_map.htm

During the Olympics and the whole summer Chania and Heraklion have a variety of arts events.
Singled out amongsts many:
Heraklion – Pix Lax (popular and enjoyable even for non-Greek speakers) perform songs on 15 September at the Nikos Katzanzakis Theatre
Chania – dance contest and classic dance and ballet performance on Monday 9 August

More information :
HERAKLION: http://www.heraklion.gr/English/index-en.htm (but be Warned, clicking on “Programme” entails a long, slow, PDF download!)
CHANIA: http://www.chania.gr/events.jsp?lang=en