My first visit to Athens.
My second to Greece after beings in Alexandropolis last year. One can wonder why but I never had the impulse to travel here.
Middle packed jet, half Bulgarians, half Greeks (I count the three loud
Hell's Angels Greece representatives as 5 1/2). Two (2) beautiful but
too (2) serious flight attendants. A rough landing just as the dry
surroundings of the airpost.
Info desk - am I kidding them I ask for the direction of the metro?
"Well, go out, take the stairs and there it is... OMG, are you torturing
me, yes, there is only one line here"... Tourists.
And there it is - the story begins ... Angry Greeks... Just like the
Angry Birds, but experienced live. Although I never played it, I am sure
Greeks are playing it pretty well. The lady at the tickets counter
shoots me with a thrilling look and a price of 8 euro a 15-stop trip. I
fall a victim on the platform for 30-minute waiting. Thanks god there
is/was some shade. 35C it is expected today (just saw 39C tomorrow and
melt down from the sheer idea of it).
Heading for Syntagma station. Thank you, Christina Dimitrova, for giving
me a map for the hotel from there. Greek organisation agency never did.
Still waiting for the train to go.
2 stops from the airport - Roma beggars in the train. A woman and a
girl, a very beautiful girl who melts passangers' hearts by the sound of
coins dropping in her plastic cup.