Victoria Square, Athens. Wikimedia/Badseed. Creative commons.For a split second the setting - in which the action unfolding before my eyes - feels entirely unfamiliar.
There I am, standing in the middle of one of the busiest streets surrounding Victoria square, an area that I would consider to know well enough. But this is all too baffling: The hustling and bustling in front of me takes place in immaculate English - the employees of an about-to-open Salvation Army thrift shop unloading the merchandise as they prepare for their launch.
Down the road, the swarming vests of international NGOs gather around a newly opened, upmarket falafel shop ― and as I cross the street, what appear to be two international journalists negotiate with their fixer where they will take them to shoot and interview next.
