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 ret…
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