change of mood

temporary or not?

time will show. It's bcos my parents r in town for the weekend. And i hope it lasts for a while, cos i am far more optimistic now.

At 12 i exited the camp, went for coffee with parents, and - have i told you about them - they are really cool folks, like talking with your friends - your best friends. Anyway, after that we headed up north to Soufli - visited the silk museum showing the procedure of how to make silk textile etc. then went to Orestiada even further to the North for lunch. All these places are new to me and it's one of the things i wanted to visit the area around until i get away from this place in May. Too bad I cannot visit Turkey, Istanbul should be around 4 hrs aay from here by car - never been there.

After that we visited the place where my dad served as a soldier 31 years ago, outside Orestiada, in a small village. Well, everything up here was a small village back in 74, times changed since then. Orestiada was a town of 1500 inhabitants back then, and today its population is close to 30,000. My dad was shocked. Anyway, he stayed there for 12 months, out of the 2-year service back then, and during 74-75 there was the whole crisis with Cyprus, Turkey etc. - long story to analyze here, and lots of different perspectives in GR and abroad about this too - but the conclusion is that he had a lot more difficult times than i am having now. I am more into the philosophy of comparing what i am experiencing with what i can take rather than with other ppl's experiences, but still our conversation about those times made me feel more optimistic about the next 7 months. I hope it lasts.

Tomorrow i am spending half of the day with my parents, they have to leave by noon, and then i am just hanging around till midnite out in Alexandroupolis, which is suddenly a friendlier place.