I’ve had quite the wrangle over what exactly happened to my blog two weeks ago, to be honest I’m still not entirely sure though it seems I may be able to retrieve all the previous posts and archive them here on this wordpress blog.
Its been a while and I’ve had quite the holiday, I’ve been bad, but not half as bad, not as quarter as bad as…
a) Everybody else
b) I’d have liked to have been
I’ve spent my time reasonably wisely and have caught up with some news from the US and Europe and have been suprised and somewhat dismayed by what I have come across.
In many ways this holiday has broken me as much as it has fixed me but the main event, my dads wedding, was a resounding success and truly quite the experience for all that attended (and it was a lot of people I can assure you)
Thoughts on Greece? It’s a dualistic kind of place and it really depends on where you are as to how the people will treat you.
We were in Kamari, a tiny little village on the Aegean coast, the nearest principal city was Volos and it took an hour long drive through winding mountain roads to get there.
The people were incredibly friendly and laid back, it was a way of life that is very different to our own, there is no emphasis on time and you find yourself organising your day around the position of the sun, suffice to say I have witnessed four sunrises and not one of them sober.
Its going to be a shock to the system getting back to the continual clock watching of England.
That said, the cities were a nightmare and I didn’t like them at all, as in most towns and cities people were not so friendly even though I actually spoke enough Greek to get by without coming across as the traditional ignorant Englishman there was nontheless a great deal of hostility mainly from older people and from children, suprisingly the people most unfazed by the inclusion of a foreigner in there midst were the young adults.
Thats no bad thing.
But before you attack me for my anti-greek sentiments I’d like to point out what I have already pointed out before, it’s a two sided place and where I stayed was replete with good people, outstanding people whose commitments to their families and friends were admirable and standard setting to say the least.
So anyway it will come as no suprise to any of you to learn that I didn’t get the girl, I didn’t get any girl but what can I say? I’m used to it.
I didn’t take my medication with me in the end, just hoped the holiday would do me good and I think it did though I spent half the holiday bouncing off the walls and then the other half feeling awful (though I was not cursed by one single hangover, a remarkable feat) there was a very dark moment in which I stood at the top of a cliff but its not worth recording.
I’m back now, full of ideas and more convinced than ever of the beliefs that I hold
Plus I have been working on plenty of new lyrics, me and my guitar had an emotional reunion last night (???) and I’ll be straight to work as soon as I come off of Greek time.
I will also strive to retrieve all my previous posts and place them on this blog as archive material, a headache but I’d rather keep hold of four months of work rather than begin from scratch.
