It’s 9:30 within the morning and I’m striding purposefully up the cobbled pedestrian road of Dionissou Areopagitou, amidst a crowd of enthusiastic, chatty vacationers. We move the fashionable architectural marvel of the Acropolis Museum to our left, house to 1000’s of archaeological treasures from the “Sacred Rock” and its slopes, and proceed heading within the route of Filopappou Hill.
With the light din of rush hour visitors within the background, the solar is climbing within the sky, and the mercury is already punching above 30 levels Celsius. For some, it’s already beginning to really feel unbearably scorching. Certainly, summer time 2024 has seen an unprecedented variety of back-to-back heatwaves, from early June by July, with temperatures reaching nicely into the early forties.
Looming above us to the proper are the long-lasting monuments of the Acropolis of Athens, a UNESCO World Heritage Web site – the cornerstone of historic Greek tradition and Western Civilization. As I alternate pleasantries with these round me, I quickly surmize that lots of the vacationers, hailing from nearly each nook of the globe, are on their option to exploring the world-famous monuments – Greece’s most visited archaeological web site.
Upon first impression, some are higher ready for the day forward than others. I discover a number of households with younger kids, all sporting sturdy, sensible footwear, excellent for scaling uneven surfaces, and loose-fitting clothes, with broad-brimmed hats, and large sun shades. Some are even carrying small parasols to defend themselves from the new Mediterranean solar. Others, nevertheless, are clearly unused to mid-summer temperatures in Greece. They stroll in flimsy flip-flops and skimpy outfits, exposing an excessive amount of pores and skin, no hats, and no sun shades. One wonders how they’ll fare underneath the noon solar.
I cease to prime up my water bottle at the Hellenic Vacationer Group station on the decrease finish of Dionissou Areopagitou, the place I meet up with a small household group from Michigan within the US. I ask them how they’re dealing with the warmth.
“The climate’s nice, nevertheless it’s significantly scorching!” one exclaims. “Summers again house in Michigan may be scorching and stifling like this, so we’re more-or-less used to it,” she continues, “however we’re taking all the required precautions and consuming a number of water.” I see they’re nicely ready, every sporting a wide-brimmed hat, sun shades, and carrying small, battery-powered followers. I ask them about their journey normally. “We’re right here in Athens for only a few days, so we need to pack in as a lot sightseeing as attainable. We’re then heading over to Mykonos.”
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