The flight from Copenhagen was painless. Three hours with a few bumps along the way and a landing in strong wind . Copenhagen airport was easy to get around in, spacious and reasonably user friendly. Flying in over Athens our impressions were "brown, dusty, terracotta, dry, flattish". There's not much to say about this place that hasn't been said before much better. But I can start with our taxi driver from the airport. He was of the "Bro School" of driving - two fingers on the wheel, elbow on the window sill, 140 k's an hour, radio blaring and unfortunately, a big fat gut. As I was in the front seat I was mildly worried as we in'ed and out'ed our way through the traffic into the stew of the city's roading system and chaotic traffic.
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