But times have changed. Athens is now a typical densely populated western world city with its traffic congestion and pollution problems. Day time work rush and notable night life. As a mater of fact it has been characterised as a city that never sleeps. Unsurprising given habitants will stretch a night out into the early hours of the morning. Restaurants, taverns, music, bars, and clubs. Cosmopolitan areas, mainstream fun, alternative scenes. Indeed, rich as is the history of the place, we live in the now, and the blog is dedicated the Athens of the 21st century.
Though I was raised in Athens, I never got to know it as a child. I went to study abroad as soon as I finished school, in Manchester, a city that I came to love and which I left with a heavy heart. I came back to Athens two years ago to perform my national service obligations and have only started to explore the secrets of the city in the past year that I have been living here. The secrets of a city whose inhabitants and their choices in lifestyle seemed and seem mad to me (having done my social development in the UK). So under no circumstances would I suggest that I know of the city or its people well. My intention is to share my findings and have others share their insights into this crazy city through this blog.
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