In Greece, late night on Holy Saturday is a time of community-wide celebration, as the entire town comes together on the main square for fireworks at midnight. In honor of Easter week, I’m sharing daily clips from "Rick Steves' European Easter," my one-hour public television special that's airing now nationwide (check your local listings) and streaming at www.ricksteves.com/easter. Today's clip traces Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations. In the town of Nafplio (two hours south of Athens), we atte
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