https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/03/sports/giannis-antetokounmpo-greece.html
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 00:35 (five years ago) link
Article title is : Giannis Antetokounmpo is the Pride of a Greece that Shunned Him
― curmudgeon, Tuesday, 7 May 2019 01:43 (five years ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/23/athens-wildfires-people-fleeing-homes-still-tourists-fly-in
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 23 July 2023 08:04 (nine months ago) link
Damn, but also why would anyone travel in July
― Random Restaurateur (Jordan), Sunday, 23 July 2023 15:23 (nine months ago) link
British ppl
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 23 July 2023 15:36 (nine months ago) link
The quick answer (in our case) is that it was the only time the whole lot of us were free. We were mostly on Naxos, though, which was a lot cooler than the mainland (though still hot), and while we left just as the big heatwave arrived, there were still fires on our island, with smoke and helicopters dropping water and whatnot; it's a pretty arid climate in the best of circumstances. Athens was super hot even the week before, though, and just as hot when we left. The Acropolis (which shut down due to the heat and crowds a few days after we visited) doesn't have much in the way of shade, which makes it pretty uncomfortable for those without a hat and water bottle.
I swear to god I saw someone at the top wearing a sweater, though, which was pretty weird. You can see them at the fore here:https://i.imgur.com/JIyO8Vk.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 23 July 2023 15:40 (nine months ago) link
Kids are off school from right about now so there will have been a big surge over the last couple of days.
― nashwan, Sunday, 23 July 2023 15:53 (nine months ago) link