Athens in the snow February 11th - February 15th, 2004
Arrived in Athens on Wednesday afternoon.
I came back to Athens on a business
trip in February...
The Greeks say they have never seen
anything like what happened next.
Sunny...
Warm...
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More pictures of Athens in the snow
Palace facing west
Matt Magee and Dervla O'Flaherty
This was the view from my hotel room balcony...
Facing south
But here's what I woke up to on Friday morning, the day we were
due to fly home (same view)...
Athens is not used to snow. The airport closed down as did many
roads outside the city. We weren't going anywhere. Tired,
teched-out and with mobile batteries almost out, there was only
one thing for it...
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Matt, Jana and me, with complimentary hotel umbrellas (the secret Greek weapon
against snow, apparently)
Time to go out into Athens...
