Things in Athens that make me happy:

one: Articulated buses have signs on the back saying "MAKROY OXOMA" (long vehicle), with an outline of a dachshund.

two: Seeing monastics on the street in their black cassocks and hats.

three: The fountains along Vas. Konstantinou, especially at night when they're all lit up.

four: Looking out the third floor window of the academic center at night, looking across Vas. Konstantinou with all of the cars flashing by with their headlights, and across to the Acropolis with the Parthenon all lit up.

five: The buskers on Ermou Street. Last night there was one who was playing wine glasses filled with different amounts of water.

six: Koulouria sellers.

seven: Hearing the bells from the various churches, and the drumming that the monastery does every night at nine o'clock.

eight: The pond in the National Gardens with all the turtles in it.

nine: The grocery store plays techno over the Muzak.

ten: Street names, as long as I already know where I need to go. They're all name-names, not number-names, which makes it difficult to find a new street, but lovely to read the street names as I'm walking along. They're all in the genitive, which means that technically all the streets are "Street of [whatever]," and most of them are named after writers, historical figures, and in at least one case, a god (Ermou, the main shopping street behind Syntagma, is named after Hermes. It took me a bit to figure that one out without the breathings).