Well first of all, i have moved. I now live up near the old city of Thessaloniki, with cobbled roads and cute little Greek homes, it feels a lot more like Greece here. Its quieter but at the same time noisier, there is no traffic but there is the noise of children and people so the atmosphere here is really cool.
I really felt like I needed to move too, i felt trapped in my tiny Agia Sofias unit, i turned into this lazy sloth creature. Now i feel refreshed and happier, you know when you feel a vibe in a place and its difficult to get rid of that? Well thats how i felt. But now things are different. I have moved in with two French girls, Marie and Melanie, so hopefully my French will improve, seems a little strange, live in Greece and come home speaking French but i do love the language and i have always wanted to speak it. The flat is empty, we each have a bed but thats about it. And i don’t have the internet anymore which is a good thing because i don’t waste my days away on facebook. But the main plus is the money i save that i can spend on travels (and clothes!)I had to do a presentation today. I don’t know why but it was one of the hardest/worst assignments I have ever done, i think because I haven’t done one for so long and it was about a topic that i had no idea about and that i just hated it. So lets not talk for long about that. But my teacher was awful. She was so rude whilst i was doing the assignment. First of all i started, 2 students came late so my assignment was interrupted but thats ok because they were a bit distressed, they are having a lot of problems with immigration, Greece pretty much wont let them get a residency... so they are stuck here. But hopefully Christos (the smoking teacher) will sort all of that out for them. Or Dimitra, another of our teachers said she will call her lawyers. But its great being British, none of this immigration stress. But anyway. So those girls came in and it interrupted my presentation and then the teacher Dr Anna came in, i should tell you about Dr Anna but I am a little bit scared as Dr Christos has been reading his students blogs, he told us and i am a little worried about what i write online... but anyway. She’s one of a kind. So she came in late, all in a fluster, no make-up, white pants up to the waist with a chain belt, white t-shirt with ‘saucy’ written in gold sparkles across the bust. Gorgeous. Then she proceeded through my whole presentation to make phone calls and receive calls and talk. I was nervous enough. But its done. I hope i pass.
I got new kicks. They are awesome. Take a look.
those are bens new kicks behing. pretty wonderful. We went to Meteora. It was beautiful. thats meteora behind my beauties. Like a magical place from a fantasy land. And we stayed in this place that was bit like a castle. Well our room wasn’t much like a castle but our friends got the presidential suite and they had a spa bath and a four poster bed upstairs, overlooking their posh living room. I was a little jealous, my room was like slums in comparison. But we had a wonderful trip.
Poor Christie. She got a little bit ill and went to hospital whilst we were at Meteora, then she went back to Thess. So she didn’t get to spend the night in the castle with all of us. i hope she feels better soon. But no drinking for a while and eating healthy all the way!
So last Wednesday there were massive riots. Unfortunately i was my usual lazy self and i was sleeping and then sipping on coffee at a cafe whilst it was all happening. But Ben, Elise, Paddy and Christina got involved. They were at the end of the riot, following the police. They experienced tear gas to the full and avoided getting hit by rocks being thrown by anarchists. The riots were after greece's financial agreements with other european countries, and also someone told me that this time last year and innocent man was killed. the demonstration began peaceful but once the anarchists were involved it soon turned crazy. bummer i wasnt involved.
i got some photos of the aftermath. And i also smelt teargas. And had a cry.
and the rubbish men also decided to have a strike. so the streets of thessaloniki were rubbish infested. delicious.
One thing i have noticed here in Greece is the fashion. It is top-notch. Heres a few examples.
One guy I didn’t know how to take his photo, so i told him he was really good-looking and i wanted his photo. Bad idea ella. He will try and kiss you.
Kissing. Brings me to the subject of the world famous, or Thessaloniki famous eightball. Wow, that place is really going to go down in history. Erasmus nights at 8ball on a Wednesday night are unforgettable or very hard to remember. Depends on how much you drink. But you usually drink a lot. So they are usually hard to remember. But its pretty much the trashiest thing you could possibly go to, everyone is swaying there way around, kissing each other and dirty dancing with whatever they can find. We found a book on Wednesday and we thought it might be a good idea to rip it up and throw it around. It was a great idea. A lot of fun and a little bit naughty. this is eightball at the end of the night.
But the problem with a good night is the next day. You have a terrible day. Or you don’t even have a day in my case. But i did have a great coffee with Elise and Paddy followed by a bowl of Asian noodles that I was craving like crazy. But first of all i got approached by the scariest looking man in the world. I wish i got a photo, hoop earing in one ear, jumpsuit worker style and dirty and undone down to his crotch which i wont even talk about because you will vomit and his greasy ponytail pulled behind his ears. He said ‘hello’ and stood in front of me for the longest 3 minutes ever. I thought i was going to die. It was worse than Fabio. I have some new friends. I sit out in the park opposite my new house to use the internet and they sit with me and talk to me in Greek. He tried to steal my necklace.
oh, i also forgot. we went to halkidiki last week. it was amazing. what i was dreaming of when i applied for this semester in greece. the typical still aqua blue of the mediteranean with mountains as backdrop.
there were also beach bars right on the water, not joking, at one point we had to relocate ourselves and our drinks further in becuase the waves were lapping our feet. unfortunately we couldnt stay long because we were worried about a certain someone who drank a little too much and got very ill and took himself to hospital. yes lots of people have been going to hospital lately. but i think this one was the cause of too much fun at eightball. but we wont talk about that.i will put photos of egypt up soon. but now i should do another assignment. oh the joys of actually doing uni work. and its raining in thess. quite wierd..
but untill next time.
Adios!
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