AFP, Athens :
The pandemic was a wakeup call that reminded Christophoros Xenos of what he misses most in London – the Greek sun and pleasant Mediterranean way of life.
The 36-year old risk manager left Greece in his early 20s for Britain, aiming to complete his studies, gain professional experience abroad and come back.
This never happened, as the decade-long Greek crisis that followed killed thousands of jobs.
But during the first coronavirus wave, Xenos took advantage of remote work to return to Greece for three months – and homesickness hit him hard.
“I worked for three months from Athens and the Greek islands and really enjoyed the weather, the quality of life, the return to the homeland,” he told AFP
