Athens in a day

Wednesday 15th May 2024

6.19 am and I haven’t slept a moment since I arrived in Athens. I’d been through so many obstacles to get here that the adrenaline still coursed through me, awake because of the buzzing excitement within me rather than the gentle hum of morning outside. Because of this I was able to watch the gradients of dawn wash over our room, that soft blue shade as light as a whisper transforming shadows into silhouettes and then silhouettes into trees basked in sunrise.

I went out on to our balcony and breathed in the fresh air. A rustle on a wall opposite me revealed a white cat, who stared at me quizzically, wondering what business I had being up so early.

“I’m on holiday ok, cat? I’ve dreamt of this moment and now I’m awake in it!”

The cat seems unfazed and cooly slips into the next garden.

The flat we are staying in has a few orange trees in front of it, I’ve never seen orange trees before.