My second home

I dont have much to say, I just wanted to show you my second home, the place I spend most of my time at. This is the place I have learnt to love and hate, and have met my second family...

So, welcome at Floras bookstores....

Lunch with a view

I was asked today what I had for lunch, as I stayed all day long in Athens due to strikes etc... well today I had the best lunch ever! A colleague of mine and me went to the roof garden of a shopping mall near by and the money we gave there, didnt go wasted... and it was not because of the food... Ok, it was tasty and we loved it but what we loved the most was the view... it is not everyday that you eat having the Parthenon right across you and the city of Athens at your feet!!! It was magnificent watching the Acropolis while the heave clouds passed above it, and the rays of the sun trying to pass through them, trying to touch the ancinet beauty... there isnt a single photo that can capture this amazing thing...

So, if you ask me today what I had for lunch, the answer would be "Athens on my plate...and loved it!!!!"

Bliss

I dont have much to write... I dont need to tell how amazing this day was, or how much I enjoyed Lia's food and the company of people that I trully care about... All I want to say is a big thanks to the guy who discovered Sangria!!!! The divine wine that makes me feel like I am in a constant bliss each time I drink it! So, thanks to Espagna for making it, thanks to everyone who sells it and thanks to everyone who buys it and gives it to me to drink!!!! hahahahahah
I am in LOVE with Sangria!!!!

Ps: sorry to wine from Samos, I am NOT cheating on you dear, just trying out new things!!!

Good friends or just gerat colleagues?

I have been told many times that when it comes to work, there isnt true friendship, and the only thing that trully exists is antagonism and hatred. I used to agree with them untill I met Dimitroula and George at my work place. There isnt much that I love anymore in my job but those two kids are definitly one of the reasons that I can wake up in the morning and go to work with a smile. Dimitroula is an innocent girl that sees the world beautiful and flawless and she hardly says a bad word. She always sees beauty in every person and even though she's gotten hurt alot, she still believes in people .. she is an angel and she is my medicine in the store, always finding a way to make me laugh and smile wide, especially when she laughs in her Spongebob laughter!!!... 

George on the other hand is the exact opossite from Dimitroula. He sees the world as it is, he is realistic, he is strong and always talks when he trully has something to say. He is artistic too and into photography-our strongest connection, and even though we started on the wrong foot, we bonded through the days as we found we have lot's in common. I have to say that if it wasnt for George I would have collapsed several times this September, but he was always there -with Dimitroula, to give me a big hug and strength to continue.

So yeah, when I walk and talk with these two people that always look me in the eye when they talk to me, or when I have something to say to them, when those two people are my "wall" to lean on when I need to, and when Ι have become their person to confinde in... they "force" me to say that I have changed my mind... Yeah there is true friendship in work, only if you allow it, and I am lucky enough to have find my two best friend-colleagues!!!!

My life is a box full....

... books!!! :)))
This is how I spend my days at work... putting books in boxes to send them to storage... I discover so many amazing things while doing this, hidden books that I have never seen before, huge books full of recipes (yeah, Roula's paradise), and little literature treasures like "breakfast at Tiffany's". I feel like I am digging to find gold!!! And you can see a huge smile on my face when I find something interesting to buy. That is the beauty of working in a book store like this... The only thing that I really hate is that I am the one who has to carry these boxes... YIKES!!!!
Ps I should really open a bank account with money only to buy books... :)

Friday night lights...

The only time that you see Athens and you think that maybe it is a beautiful city after all, is by night... especially by a rainny night... Then you forget all the dirt that it is covered with, and I dont mean just the garbage on the pavements, the dust from Africa that covers our sky, or the fact that the streets and walls are covered by the dreadfull leaflets from the elections... Those moments when you see the rain washing away everything that makes this city unbearable, you actually are awed by the city's smell, and colors... maybe it is the rain that makes everything glitter...or maybe it is the fact that the night conceals all that is ugly... the truth though is that Athens has lost its glamour of the past and it will never gain it again... only the Parthenon has been left behind to remind us who we trully are....

Second chances...

How many second chances could someone give in this life? Someone breaks your heart and yet you give them another chance to make it up for you, only to disappoint you even worst... Then you decide to give another chance because you simply believe in that person, but you only end up with a broken heart and an even bigger disappointment... Do you give another chance? Do you take the risk of getting hurt again or just turn your back and leave without looking around, leaving past where it belongs?

31

Ι have to admit that last night, when I got to bed, I hoped that everyone would forget the fact that it is my birthday... and mostly that I am turning 31... this is a scary number... it seems like a final countdown or something like that, and what scared me the most is that 31 means I have to get serious and start thinking of my life and what I'm going to do with it.... so I decided to hate this day and stay mad all day long... and then I got to my best friend's house, and saw her expecting me on her doorway with a birthday cake at the shape of a heart, a cake she made with love only for me, and I thought "what the hell are you talking about? this day rocks because you have amazing people around you that do their bests to make it rock....". This is probably he best birthday present I have ever gotten in my life... and I wouldnt change it for the world! So yeah, I LOVE MY BIRTHDAY!!!

Pre-birthday gathering!

People shouldn't need much in life in order to feel happy. In my case, give me a bowl full of chocolate, a cup of good coffee, amazing food by my sis and the company of my good friends, and you got me... I have never been happier... I had all I needed out of life there, at the table in front of me and that was the greatest pre-birthday lunch ever! :)))

The only way to describe this day is colorful... That happens when you spend it with people that make your life shine and sparkle like all the colors of the palette. People that understand you without having to explain to them what's going on with you, they just take you out for shopping, or just teach you how to be creative, and that is.... your day is bright again, all your worries disappear and you go to bed with a big smile on your face.... that is the best gift that I could get right now from my friends... thank you guys!

Holidays are coming....

I guess it is never too soon to talk about Christmas right? I must say though, that Athen's hot weather, is not helping me get into that holiday mood... not even the colourful lights help, but I know a couple of people that could decorate their houses today, if it was possible!!! :) And I guess the good mood that those people have, is enough to warm my heart and make plans for Christmas holidays!

The light in our souls

Even when we feel down, there is this little flame in our hearts that burns strong and makes up stand up, and keep going on. This little flame can make us overcome all the bad things that mess our lives, all we have to do is not to let it go off, and always keep it burning...

I am...

...just me... an ordinary person in an unsusual world....