Ermou Street is the main shopping street in the centre of Athens. I went there only a couple of times as I did not really enjoy the street nor the shopping there. Always thought it was too exhausting.
Too crowded with too many people, tourists and locals, and mainly the same high street shops as anywhere else. But you can also spot the occasional street dog without a care in the world for it all.
Melanie Franz 
I recently read an article about the blowback of ‘over-tourism’ that plagues all the tourist hotspots. Locals are going crazy with the crowds and drain on resources. I’m glad I traveled when I was young, doesn’t sound like fun nowadays.
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No it is not, that´s why I avoid any kind of tourist hot spots. Mass tourism has huge negative impacts on local communities and I would say that the negatives outweight the positive by far . Experienced the effects first hand just here in Reykjavik. In the last 6 years all kind of city culture and identity has been dismantled and all that is left are hotels, over-priced hotel bars and restaurants and you can count the Icelanders on one hand like lost sheep when you go to the city center.
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If the cheap airfares go away, so will the tourists. But that is a double-edged sword for those who make a living off of catering to them, of course.
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You do have a thing for dogs right?
Oh. What is the german name for dog?
Cat is Katz, right? But I forgot dog. (Wooof!)
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Hund 🙂 Yes, I am a dog person. Although I started to like cats as well. 🙂 They can be entertaining too.
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Hund of course! (The “hund” of the Baskerville!) Cats have their own way. 🙂
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