Reuters - 10/7/12, By Dina Kyriakidou and Noah Barkin
* Merkel in Greece for first time since euro crisis began there
* Visit shows Germany's change of heart on Greek euro exit
* Will make clear Athens must push tough measures
ATHENS/BERLIN, Oct 7 (Reuters) - German Chancellor Angela Merkel will tell Greeks she wants to keep their country in the euro when she visits Athens this week, but she faces a hostile reception from a people worn down by years of austerity and recession.
Many Greeks blame Merkel, who has publicly chastised them for much of the past three years, for the nation's plight. Opponents, some of whom have caricatured her as a bullying Nazi, have promised protests on Tuesday during her first visit to Greece since the euro zone crisis erupted there in 2009.
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