#and im like sooo you're bonding over poor econ high culture hey

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If you feel down for it, I would love to see a small crossover between your Canadian and Ancient Greek characters

since you asked so nicely p:

occasionally i think about how they're actually contemporaries today, but it's hard for me to say anything significant about Canada-Greece relations from here because most of them are based in Eastern Canada (Montreal and Athens are the only sister cities between the two nations, which certainly would make an interesting dynamic! but one may have to ask @randomoranges)

so the primary connection I know is from the University of Alberta; we have a dig site near the modern village of Kallithea (in Thessaly, south of Larissa). I do regret not going to field school when I had the opportunity; I did hear secondhand that the post-dig ice cream was excellent. Since Edith is the representative for the university, she's standing in for Ed here. If I remember correctly, which nationalities can dig where is strictly controlled by the Greek government, so I think Canadians typically work on sites in northern Greece.

The only other connection I can think of off the top of my head would be the torch lighting ceremony for Calgary's Winter Olympics...

#projectcanada cities #pc: strathcona #athens and sparta adventures #aasa: athens #aasa athens #hapo doodles #digital art #clip studio paint #edith garneau #flyingkickapow #update the citation for athens and mtl being sisters is dead #so im struggling to find info on the bond #but i imagine either its a reference to greek immigration in the 1840s #or to assistance from canada in wwii #further update i did find the declaration in the montreal archives #however its basically like We should be friends because....... culture? #they're like economic and cultural cooperation! #and im like sooo you're bonding over poor econ high culture hey #my french isnt fantastic but even i can see theres like net zero info in this document lol