{"id":5217,"date":"2015-06-30T10:07:09","date_gmt":"2015-06-30T10:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=5217"},"modified":"2015-07-01T10:08:54","modified_gmt":"2015-07-01T10:08:54","slug":"athens-greece-no-protest-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=5217","title":{"rendered":"Athens, Greece – “No” Protest 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

When in Greece do as the Greeks do, part 2: protest!<\/p>\n

We are fine and things seem to be quite calm here in Athens. Given the severity and seriousness of the situation the Athenians are surprisingly chipper.<\/p>\n

Saturday and Sunday were very hairy. We didn’t know if we would be able to get money and ultimately if we’d have to leave Greece. ATMs were closed or out of money, people were roaming the streets looking for working ATMs, shops\/restaurants stopped accepting credit card – everyone is looking to get cash. Sunday around midnight all the ATMs across the nation stopped working due to capital controls. Fortunately for us, tourists are exempt! The ATMs started turning back on in the mid-day Monday and I was able to withdraw cash. There were reports supermarkets and fuel stations were being emptied but we haven’t found that to be the case.<\/span><\/p>\n

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We had heard the “no” group (no more austerity, leave the EU) was protesting outside of parliament so we decided to go down and check it out. It was very peaceful and all sorts of different age groups and folks from different walks of life were present. There were a lot of news crews and journalists roaming the streets. The “yes” protest (stay in the EU, accept austerity) is tonight and I think we will go to that protest too. Why not, right?<\/p>\n

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