Athens was beautiful? lol ok I guess you only saw the Parthenon then. I lived in it for 4 years and what I mostly saw was the inside of buses, with people’s smelly armpits an inch from my nose. This was before the Olympics though. Now you see the inside of air-conditioned trains, so it’s not that bad. Greece does have many beautiful places actually, but you have to look for them. My favourite is Nisyros, which is probably one of the most beautiful places on earth.
I was lucky to see Australia’s Gold Coast in the winter, and it’s so amazing without the tourists. There are many nice places if you’re looking for natural beauty. Some of the views are breathtaking.
There is a nice spot near Loch Lomond I’d like to see again one day, it’s all forest and little streams, with birds singing in the summer.
The view from the bus on the way to Kappadokia in Turkey was surreal. The colours on the rooftops were brighter than any painter’s stroke could ever manage.
My favourite city was Prague. It had a smell and a feel out of this world. But all that has been lost ever since American dollar-bearing tourists discovered it on the map.
And Denmark has this funny cute feeling. I always thought that if there was a God that built planet Earth, then Denmark was built by his son as a playground. Everything looks as if it has been painted by a child: the trees, the houses, even the people.
There are many other interesting places. But these are the ones I can remember. It’s a funny old world really.