{"id":31275,"date":"2018-07-25T00:32:20","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31275"},"modified":"2018-07-25T00:56:15","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T00:56:15","slug":"mamma-mia-take-me-back-to-greece","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=31275","title":{"rendered":"Mamma Mia! Take me back &#8230; to Greece!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shutterstock_215009179_meteora_snow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-31276\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shutterstock_215009179_meteora_snow-300x188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shutterstock_215009179_meteora_snow-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shutterstock_215009179_meteora_snow-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/shutterstock_215009179_meteora_snow.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not often that I get moved by a film to visit a place where the film was shot. Such a feeling overwhelmed me today as my wife and I sat through a delightful musical, &#8220;Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The music is fabulous. The cast is stellar, containing many of my favorite actors. But the setting! Oh, my goodness.<\/p>\n<p>It was set in Greece, although the principal filming was done in nearby Croatia. My wife and I have been to Greece twice. My wife and I have been blessed over the years with the opportunity to travel around the world. She once told me after our first visit in 2000 that Greece is &#8220;the one country I&#8217;ve seen where I could go back again and again.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Me, too, sweetie.<\/p>\n<p>Greece is recovering from the financial calamity that befell the country. It&#8217;s trying to repay its enormous debt owed to the European Union; make no mistake, a payment in full is highly unlikely. The country, though, is in nowhere near the dire straits it found itself not long after playing host to the 2004 Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s another story.<\/p>\n<p>I just watched a beautifully filmed movie that was set in a country in which I have a keen and lifelong interest. It&#8217;s my ancestral homeland.<\/p>\n<p>I long have wanted to return. A musical film today added a lot of fuel to that burning desire.<\/p>\n<p>I know. It&#8217;s weird. It&#8217;s my story and I&#8217;m sticking with it.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s not often that I get moved by a film to visit a place where the film was shot. Such a feeling overwhelmed me today as my wife and I sat through a delightful musical, &#8220;Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again.&#8221; The music is fabulous. 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