Athens Cat Street Murder（P bar knowledge）

 

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"Come on, let's go to the bar." Tang Jerry seemed to be in high spirits.

I didn't expect that there would be a bar in the most deserted place on the Aegean island of Santorini. Tang Jerry said with a smile that the Greeks love to drink, and as long as there are Greeks, there must be bars. I have to admire his reasoning, we really found a small bar.

In China nowadays, there are many young people advocating Western civilization. I do not reject Western civilization, the problem is that I should first understand what is Western civilization. It is said that Greece is the birthplace of Western civilization. As a descendant of Chinese civilization nurtured by Eastern civilization, if they are lucky enough to come to Greece, they will naturally not miss their long-cherished wish to explore Western civilization. But what I saw and heard in this small, sparsely populated bar changed my mind. All my good impressions of Athens were destroyed bit by bit, and I was so angry that I swore to Don Jerry: "I will never set foot on the mainland of Greece again."

I began to list the shortcomings of Athens to Don Jerry.

I told him that what made me angry was that the so-called Western civilization was not as beautiful as I imagined.

Anyway, after all, Greece is the birthplace of Western civilization, especially in the achievements of philosophy and architecture, which have a very good foundation, but the capital of such a large country, what modern descendants show is the rudeness of the people, economic Poor, no proud achievements, can only be described as unworthy. Although Athens has a great reputation and is also a well-known international city, its economic situation and degree of internationalization are far behind that of Shanghai and Beijing. Whether it is the renewal of the old community, the cleanliness of the streets, and the order of the traffic, everything is not flattering.

What I especially don't tolerate is the attitude of the locals. Don Jerry and I were asking directions in Athens, and what we often encountered was that they simply turned their heads and ignored you. If it was just one or two, then forget it. The small ones feel very rude.

Don Jerry wanted to send a letter to his family, so he and I went to the post office next to the bar, and wanted to buy a stamp to send a postcard. Asking you to go back, yelling at people in Greek, pushing for a long time, until finally I also yelled at a counter, and he took out the stamps, obviously he sold them at this counter, he was just playing big. Except for Tang Jerry and I, I saw those post office civil servants scolding local customers in Greece, and their service attitude was really bad.

I began to complain about Athens to Tang Jerry: "The deepest feeling in Athens today is that they only rely on the cultural and architectural assets left by their ancestors to make a lot of money from tourists, but they have nothing. A new achievement that is enough to show off. If the ancestors of Athens were very proud in the past, it can be said that they were proud and justified, but if the current Athenians are still so proud, it can only be said that they are very proud and ignorant. Unworthy."

Tang Jerry told me: "The streets of Athens are full of heavy motorcycles. In addition to air pollution and noise, the parking spaces for motorcycles are not well planned, which seriously affects the rights of pedestrians. Many sidewalks are often occupied by motorcycles, or as long as road construction, Enclose the entire sidewalk, forcing pedestrians to walk on the road. The traffic jam in Athens is very serious, and the traffic is inefficient. The most annoying thing is the traffic lights in the urban area. The lights often change in about 10 seconds. Cross the traffic lights at the zebra crossing. There is no insurance at all, and there are often cars honking their horns in the middle of the journey.” He also said to me: “Athens is an internationally renowned city, but there are several spellings on the road signs. Changing another spelling method makes people often feel lost, and once they ask for directions, they will encounter a very rude attitude. There are people selling cigarettes with a bag of handbags everywhere on the streets of Athens , people feel that the economy is very backward, and many streets are very dirty. In the famous Omonia Square in Athens, as long as it is night, there are many peddlers selling pornographic books and CDs, and then there is a big A bunch of men gathered around to watch and buy, and they looked very horny. Once, I leaned over and saw that they were all books or CDs in Greek. In addition, I have seen several beautiful foreign horsemen being accosted by Athens men on the street , Once it was a beautiful and sexy black man, and it made people feel high. After a while, I saw an Athens man approaching him, his skills were very clumsy, his hands and feet were yelling, he was lascivious and he had no skills It stands to reason that artworks are a precious asset in Athens, but an antique statue at the side entrance of the Archaeological Museum was scribbled with a beard and a signature pen, which shows that the Athenians do not necessarily cherish their own culture. assets."

Although it's boring to criticize other countries' countries, I really hate Athens so much that I don't feel reconciled if I don't vent like this. In fact, the city I live in is not necessarily better than Athens. Perhaps it is because I am looking forward to Athens too much, so I am disappointed when there is a gap. I suddenly thought of a question, will foreigners come to China and curse my country and people like me? I asked Tang Jerry: "How do Americans view China now?"

He laughed: "They will tell you that your criticism of Athens can be seen everywhere in China."

I also burst out laughing suddenly, maybe it's just a bystander.