The following is an excerpt from an email we received this week. Thought you would enjoy.
You know you're from ATHENS when...
Afternoon becomes morning, and evening becomes
noon
You eat dinner after 10
p.m.
You eat breakfast before going to
bed
When the traffic light turns orange, instead of pressing
the brakes, you speed through
It takes you three hours to drink a cup of
coffee
Pollution doesn’t bother
you Your neighbourhood has a street called El.
Venizelou
Pavements are seen as parking
spaces
Tourists amuse you
You’ve never seen the changing of the guard at Syntagma,
and still cannot understand why people find it so
amusing.
The islands are literally a “hop”
away You consider Athens the
only true city in Greece
Everyone came from somewhere else, even if they hide
it
Strikes are national
holidays
Rain and snow wreak havoc and put you in a bad
mood
Recycling is still theoretical to
you.
Your souvlakia come faster than an
ambulance
Despite all this, you wouldn’t dream of living anywhere
else.
Frappe was the first type of coffee you
tried
You can easily find yourself in a traffic jam at 6 am on
a Sunday morning
There's a beggar/cripple at every traffic light who
insists on washing your windows despite your refusal and on top of it all
demands payment!
You use your car to go to the bakery which is down the
street from your house (a 2 minute walk)
You are annoyed that in order to go shopping on a
Saturday you need to wake up early because shops CLOSE AT 3
O'CLOCK!
You clap for the pilot when your plane lands at El.
Venizelos (the Athens airport)
You go to the Police station because someone stole your
phone, and they tell you to call 100 (the phone number for the police).
Hope you got a chuckle out of some of those!
Judy
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