I’ve been quiet for a couple of days as I’ve tried a bit of a net detox effectively. Also all my feeds are sitting on my computer at home as I’ve still not subscribed to an internet feed aggregator. The way in which it works for me just isn’t there yet. I have an idea about how it would be perfect for me and either until I learn how to do it or someone very ‘good’ does it for me I’m going to have to be quiet for a while, so I’ll have some serious amounts of reading to get on with when I finally get back home, which is cool, first week back at work is always fucking boring (except I know it’s not going to be the case for me).

Seeing as I’ve not been back to Athens in over a year, there are loads of little things that have happened in that time. Most of all are all the various buildings and shopping centres that have been popping up all over the place. The real problem is that Athens now feels seriously condensed and completely overcramped. I’d love to say that it’s actually a good thing, but it isn’t. The infrastructure set around it is pure and utter bollocks.

However the thing that made a serious impression on me is the seriously ugly architecture that has been popping up all over the place. I’m going to be taking a series of snappy snaps to show exactly what I mean but these things defy explanation. In a country where marble is arguably one of the cheapest commodities out there, the ENTIRE Metro system is marble rather than concrete and other shitty finishes, marble is cheap here, it’s literally found up a mountain 20minutes from where I’m writing this. But no instead we’re subjected to fucking metallic monstrosities with some of the most disgusting colour coordinations this side of a lime green Ferrari; as they say the proof is in the pudding, so I’ll be giving you the proof very soon.

It’s a shame really as Athens is a city that oozes with character. From the ancient ruins around the place to the 1930s architecture to the special structures of Santiago Calatrava for the Athens 2004 Olympic games. Now all that’s being added is UTTER shit.