Arriving at Athens

For the first time in a country, I was very pleased to be an American abroad instead of a German.  Since Greece originally began experiencing economic problems, many of them fiercely blame other countries in the European Union, specifically Germany.  One particularly disgruntled Athenian vented to a friend that Germany has done with the Euro what it wanted to do with WWII:  European domination.  Perhaps this view is extreme, but suffice to say that Greeks are not pleased with their current situation.  For me, this means cheap prices and fewer tourists, but for Athens, this situation could have serious long term implications.

I was not able to spend too much time here the first day because I was preoccupied with booking a ferry to Santorini, but more on Athens later.