Athens untold

After visiting Thessaloniki and my horror story,  I decided to go further south toward history. Athens was next on the list!  Vassilis was a kind soul who was very much into the arts.  His beard was almost as intense as his smile.

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I was welcomed with open arms into his world and spent a couple of days relaxing and laughing over music & ouzo.

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The day time was spent exploring the ruins,

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while the nights were also on the ruins, hanging out with his gypsy crowd.

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They even taught me how to roll and stack wine glasses.  Words cannot explain the amount of life that surrounded a city in which I thought would be so depressed.
If Greece was struggling, I wasn’t buying it.

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Think I’ll try an island next…next stop Crete!

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