Living and working in Athens is tough I think I've made that clear to most, the work we are doing is rough and at the beginning it was hard trying to relax after a week of brothels and dirty streets with young girls you know if they weren't here doing this would be at school or playing with friends and just enjoying life. What do I do to get my mind of things, how do I relax well me tell you;
Starbucks- Thursday night outreach is from 11.00pm - 2.30am and i never go to bed before 4.00am so Friday afternoon I always walk to Starbucks (half asleep) with my laptop and a book and sit for at least 2 hours enjoying comfy sofa, great coffee and just relaxing. The staff are always so friendly and will laugh at my attempts at speaking Greek but will always inquire about my day and sometimes give me a extra shot of expresso in my cappuccino.
Friends- Saturday is now Hill climb Saturday, Me (end right), Rosie (middle) & Annette (end left) walk and attempt to climb hills and just enjoy each others company. The aim in November (before we leave) is to be so fit that we climb mount Olympus. Really its just great to have people around so I can vent and moan and just have a laugh with.
Mars Hill - Me and Chris love to walk in the evening, we live really close to the Acropolis and Mars hill so at night we just walk up to the top and enjoy the view. It really is beautiful!
Love from those in Bournemouth- I feel so much love and prayers from friends and family in Bournemouth. I have never spoken so much to my family in all my life, I speak to my dad each week and we e-mail most days and i phone my mum and sister sometimes two or three times a week. I loved getting letters and gifts from friends and hearing about how much they are thinking of us and praying hard and I love all this attention.
I do find days hard and I don't wish life here to be any different because they make the good days really really good!
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