Crossroad

It’s the place where east meets the west and mountains meet the sea.
Greece can pertinently be called as CROSSROAD from where you can go back to any civilization you want, be it oriental, Egyptian, African, Scandinavian, Russian or even western.
Athens, the capital of Greece, particularly (the only place I have seen in Greece till date) is surrounded by hills from all the sides. One of the hills is the Acropolis around which the entire city is constructed. Acropolis has been the centre of Athens for thousands of years and scores of dynasty that has ruled this place. The PARTHENON rests on the Acropolis.
Smoking is the best time pass of these people. Every Greek citizen smokes irrespective of the sex and the social status.
People are outgoing and spend the entire night outside. Night life is more prominent here than in any other part of the world. Restaurants remain open till the wee hours. The performers in various pubs and discos start their show as late as 1:00 AM in the night.
The average height of men would be close to what we have in India. Females are tall and majority of them are good looking (at least that is what I feel now).
The entire city was renovated because of the 2004 Olympics held at its birth place.
Billboards and directions were then updated with English, Thanks to the Olympics, and the infrastructure of city was improved by leaps and bounds.
Though this place lies in the Mediterranean region, the temperatures remain close to the freezing point during winters and in summers the temperature soars to 45 degree C and above.
People move to the numerous islands surrounding Greece mainland on the weekends and spend the night there itself. In fact at that time the entire population moves to the islands deserting the city.
I am looking forward to having some fun in summers here but my Visa is expiring just at the time when the temperature would be at its maximum. Nonetheless I plan to spend the only summer month weekends on the beaches of Greece. Greeks have so much passion for driving that this place is highly adverse to the pedestrians. People drive at high speed and immaculate European cars respond to their unstoppable fervor.
This is also reflected by the high number of SUV’s running on the roads.
Athens is clean, green and looks quite beautiful. A lot of roads are lined by trees which makes it look really good. The terrain of the city is all up and down and houses are constructed on the hills also. The view is breathtakingly good after the lights are on in the night. People are fashion inclined and wear the most trendy and designer attires.
People eat a lot of beef and pork. Food is usually bland and distasteful for us Indians.

I am yet to see a lot of things that I have already mentioned above. And I am sure I will have a lot more to share and treasure in my memories once I start exploring the city of civilization which is almost as old as ours.