Ten things that are sheltered in Athens
After a trip abroad for four days and you return to Athens with half a heart. Wondering what more they have in Central Europe and not cursing at the wheel (driving education)? Why do they go to their parks and have a picnic (why do they have)? Why are pedestrians waiting at the crossings to pass (respect for fellow human beings)? Why do not they live on the ground floor without heating 21sqm for 450 € per month (they have salaries)? How does the cliché “wherever I travel Greece hurts me”? This. And do not listen again to the well-worn for the sun and the weather of Greece, climate change is also called and in Paris, London, Brussels and Berlin the temperatures are hitting 30+. and beaches. Okay, it’s not like the Cyclades, of course, you go cheaper to their own than to Amorgos. What I can not stand in Athens, the decalogue of the indignant citizen:
The delays in public transport
if you have used buses and trains to get around every day to get to work then a) you have a psychosomatic or anxiety disorder, b) you feel poorer than that boy in the Greek movies who was cleaning shoes and c) you meet someone who is talking crazy . for the end of the world. All this would be tolerated if he came on time. If hours do not pass at the stop to wait for the 550 to pass, most likely a flash, probably just before it breaks and waits for the next one to pass. You know that you live in Athens if you have varicose veins while waiting for the bus. And as a bonus for the passengers, you can listen to the music from the cassette player he drives or he can play halva with his girlfriends on the phone. While driving. Passing red lights.
The tourists
Probably the most annoying tourists in the world, with the most nerves and psychological, coming to Athens. They are rude, they are rude and they probably have the impression that they will meet waitresses in skirts to dance hasaposerbiko or Zorba to entertain them. They pee everywhere, something they do in their own countries, of course, because they are alcoholics. And they flirt like soldiers on the border.
The neighborhoods with the Scandinavian cafes
My doll, seriously, because you went on a trip to Copenhagen and you liked the neighborhood coffee you stayed in, do you have to bring copy paste to Kaisariani and Kypseli? What serious person wants to drink an espresso frendo € 2.30 because you put an expensive tile? And how much coffee do you think this city and bar after bar can hold for “alternative” paid magazines to write?
The modern taverns
I came for the village and the burgers. Not for deconstructed salad and things you saw at MasterChef and he wants you to tell us. Unripe avant-garde, I went to Kontiza for painting. I picked up tomato sorbet, I went to Peskia, not to Massa. I do not want you to tell me that you have been kneading your bread for x hours. I do not care. If I wanted to eat bread, I would go to the bakery to get a rustic one, cut two tomatoes and two olives and dance like Dimitris Papamichael down in Piraeus, in Kaminia.
The movement
If you succeed in your course and you are in Kifissia, call a psychologist to do your session. Make a Tinder and make an appointment for the next quarter. Send happy birthday to those who have a birthday, with an inbox and catch their conversation. Put Netflix in a series with many cycles. Or just try not to cry. Of course, Athens is not only busy on the routes. She is 11 months old now. Even with such expensive gasoline.
The parking lot in Pagrati, Koukaki, Exarchia, Kypseli
If you are one of those who still go out to the center, then you have bought a parking space. Obviously. All the rest of us who go out to the center either walk (rain, snow) or cycle for half an hour until we call our friends to cancel the exit. Sometimes we pay for parking. If we live in one of these areas and our apartment building is not flat, then we are just unhappy.
The pheasants
Do us the favor. It came together.
The rents
Of course, we have realized that we will never become owners. But in a little while we will stay in Aspropyrgos to find a house with cheap rent. 700-800 € for a triple of 30 years without renovation? It does not matter if drunk tourists pee out of your door who heard it from the very grass, it lives near Valtetsiou. Pity.
The damaged sidewalks
If your foot has not turned on the sidewalk of Athens, then it probably stays in Glyfada. You can not take your child for a ride in his stroller. You can not walk in heels (who wears heels in 2022 is a question). They are always dirty, usually with dog poop (not stray, just having stupid bosses).
Garbage
It has permanent garbage. They decorate them with Christmas lights. These should be included in EMST as a typical example of art in Athens. Summer, 40 degrees, with neighborhoods to live on uncollected garbage? Yes, you live in Athens. Of course they will pick them up when you return from the office to block the road and get stuck in traffic. Because this city does not love its children. No. He wants to have it with Zanax. If you are wondering why it has mice, cockroaches and I do not want to know what other insects this city, in the trash you will find an answer. But, you have a Great Walk. In other words, I think they were building it all day, at night it was falling down.