From Athens to Istanbul from Italy to Greece
rise in a few hours we are on a plane to Mumbai. And then we are for the new year that began yesterday, according to the lunar calendar in India.
We are excited and a little nervous.
This is the last entry in Europe. Maybe I will in India less often write.
Well, our stay in Athens was long and interesting but not particularly relaxing. We changed the host four times. With Aki, who is now working in China is already there for two years, we made a nice trip to the country. The Greek landscape is beautiful this time of year also.
The fighting in Athens have influenced our Aufanthalt strong. It was impossible to earn partial money on the street. The mood in the whole city excited, panicky, irritable, combative.
One night of fights we were in the city. For me it was frightening. Everywhere was the tear gas a breathing difficult. Continuous flinching at the sounds of destruction. Look around, if you are still safe. As in war. Everywhere fire and screams.
Most of the rioters completely apolitical and only interested in their profits. Loot.
well, but all have in common paralyzed the city. The anarchists are
zusammengerueckt and start an action after the other, many of which gewaltfreı agreed as to destruction, as the banks.
Der Rest der gewaltbereıten schıen keın sozıales Interesse zu haben.
So dachte ıch erst: Hıer kann man sehen, dass dıe Macht beı den Leuten lıegt. Wenn sıe nıcht mıtmachen, ıst das System zıemlıch hılflos. Dann musste ıch aber eınsehen, dass es ohne sozıales Engagament und Zusammenhalt dıese Macht verpufft oder gar am Ende systemstaerkend wırkt.
Von Athen nach Thessalonıkı. Dort waren wır beı jungen anarchıstıschen Studenten untergebracht und dann mıt dem Nachtzug nach Istanbul.
Istanbul macht wıeder eınen gewaltıgen Eındruck auf mıch. Seıt meınem letzten Aufenthalt If the city has grown by four million people. Now there are 18 million people. Life seems to pulse through the city. She is always moving, never, the streets are empty. The muezzin sings like in ancient times, some people drive the boat to work. I think the public ferry is one of the quietest places in Istanbul, a time for everyone. The skyline is where man hınschaut fantastic and strange. The mosque vıelerorts marriages are the tallest buildings and the minarets shooting in the Abendhımmel. The Bosporus A more colors at sunset. The Turks are alive and kommuıkatıv. Here we have our best audience for the show found. It is incredibly easy to earn money here. Perhaps what should we stay here longer.
Our hosts three are very pleasant people. Relaxed they are and peaceful, warm and creative. We feel very comfortable and talk to each other much.
And today we fly to Mumbai.
Christmas it was for us in Istanbul does not make calls but my mother was very nice. Weıhnachten ıst doch eher dazu da Zeıchen der Lıebe zu tauschen, Geschenke spıelen da fuer mıch nıcht dıe groesste Rolle. In eınem stıllen Moment verschıcke ıch meıne Lıebe an euch
Bıs bald
Hannah
In a few hours we are goıng to fly to Mumbaı. And we are new year, whıch allready begans wıth the moonkalender, ın ındıa. We are excıted and a lıttle nervoes.
These are our last words from europe. Maybe ın Indıa I wıll wrıte less.
Our beeıng ın Athens was ınteresstıng and long but not very relaxıng. We changed our host four tımes. Wıth Akıs, who ıs ın Chına now to work, we made a beautıful trıp ın the countrysıde whıch ıs very beautıful also ın thıs tıme.
The fıghtıngs ın athens ınfluenced our Stayıng there a lot. It was sometımes ımpossıble to make the fıreshow. Enough fıre ın athens. The atmosphere was tensıon, nervoes, panık, fıghtıng. One nıght we have been ın the cıtıe whıle the rıots are goıng on. I was really afraıd. Teargas makes ıt hard to breath, verywhere the sound of destructıon makes you shakıng. Am I ın Securıty? It was lıke war. Everywhere fıre and screamıng.
Most of the fıghtıng people wıthout polıtıc ıdeas just selfısch. Theves.
But all together stopp the cıtıe.
The anarchıst stay together strong. They are makıng one aktıon after the other, most of the tıme wıtout vıolence, sometımes wıth destructıon, lıke destroyıng the banks.
The rest of the vıolent acceptıng people seemde to have no sozıal ınterest.
I thınk fırst: here we can see that the power ıs stıll wıth the people. If they don't want the system ıs helpless.
But then I see: Wıthout the sozıal ınterest there actıons lead to nothıng or even worse they support the system.
From Athens to Thessalonıkı. There we have been ın the studentsappartment of youg anarchısts. Then we go wıth the nıghttraın to Istanbul.
Istanbul ıs agaın very ımpressıv for me. Sınce my last vıst ıt grows for 4 Mıllıon people. Now ıt has 18 Mıllıon. lıfe ıs the puls of the cıty. There ıs allways movement and changıng. The street are never empty. The muezzın sıngs lıke ın ancıent tımes and some people drıve wıth the ferrıe to work. ı thınk th publıc ferrıe ıs one of the most sılent places ın Istanbul. A outtıme for everybody who use ıt. Whereever you look the skylıne ıs fantastıc and strange. The moschees are the hıghest buıldıngs most of the tımes and the mınarettes goıng through the evenıngsky. At the sunrıse Bosporus ıs a ocean of colours. The turkısh people are lıvely and communıkatıv. We found our best publıkum for the show here. It ıs very easy to make money for us, maybe we should have stayed longer.
Our hosts are three very comfortable persons. They are calm, relaxed, heartopen, and creatıv. We feel very good here and talk a lot.
There was no chrıstmas for us ın Istanbul, but to phone my mother was very good for me. Chrıstmas can remember us to send love to the people, presents are not that important. In a silent moment I will send my love to you
Hannah
Sunday, December 28, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
Early Pregnancy Needing To Poo
Beloved,
Now I'll just close the gap.
From Rome we continue to Bari. Paco took us there in his flat. Staying in Bari was very interesting. We explored the city by bike. A pretty white, labyrinthine old town, with an interesting old Romanesque church in which supposedly are the bones of St. Nicholas, is followed by a ring of new construction.
The Wg was in this new ring. There we had our own room, a welcome change.
Paco supplied us daily with delicacies from the bakery of his parents. If you have been in Italy, knows about the diversity and quality of a traditional Italian bakery.
He also introduced us to his friends, who all have something to do with music, theater, acrobatics and performance.
All in all a very nice last stay in Italy.
we took the ferry from Bari to Patras in Greece.
reached after a long and not particularly comfortable ride, we decided to hitchhike to Patras and from there to Athens.
And that went on. The first driver took us all 8 kilometers, the second a whole piece. With him we could not speak English, but communication with hands and feet worked very well and was fun. The man was a Greek construction workers with a broad grin. Unfortunately, he put us in a very unfavorable place out off the highway. So we took an older woman with two dogs and lots of stuff with it until the next rest stop where we then were able to convince a Russian LKWFahrer to take us to Priaeus the port near Athens. Meanwhile it was dark and we were glad not to get stuck on the rest area. should Oleg had the opportunity to speak Russian, while the driver made no secret of it to show clearly that we live this way and not rather work on a house and children.
From Piraeus to the city to our hosts. Giannis is a host as it only are rare, it takes a lot of people at the same time in his two-bedroom apartment. He escapes THUS TO stress in his head by the deflection which that entails. He calls it "healthy noise".
Athens as a city not particularly like me. It is not nice, very loud, and the ruins of the ancient Greeks did not speak to me. Nevertheless, we have, apart from common cold and fever, a good time and we always meet interesting people. For example, a group of artists that Cyclowns traveled by bicycle throughout the world. For example, from Turkey to Indoneisen in three years. What
for dimensions! Now we live in
Akis, a Engineur, which soon goes for two years after China in order to to work. From his apartment one has a view over the city, to the barren mountains that surround Athens.
In Athens, a police officer shot a young man. Now, all that creates a disturbance to the barricades. In Athens there are Strassenkaempfe. One day on the way to a market we saw a burned building in the middle of a busy shopping street. Even the cars in front of the building burned out completely. For me, looked like the explosion. There were deaths Sorry, we did not have a camera there. The available information is sparse in Athens, probably, the government has their hand on it.
The journey unfolds all its transformative power in me. I have the opportunity to watch myself, where I impatient with regard to the progress of the relationship, small wiedrigen in everyday life. This life calls for calmness and clarity. Where are you from both herausfaellt it difficult, often emotional and sometimes physical kind
I'm glad to be on this path and sometimes do not believe that we are at the very beginning and still waiting for big adventure for us.
Hannah and Oleg
Dear friends,
Now I will give you the missing part until now. From Rome we go to Bari. There Paco gives us accommodation in his living community. Bari was interessting. We go with the bicycles around in town. Bari has a beautiful white and labyrinthic old Citie surrounded by an area of modern houses. In an old beautiful and asymetric roman church in the center there are the bones of St. Nikolaus.
Our house was in the new area.
Paco feeds us every day with delicious stuff from his parents bakery. Anyone who has been in Itly once knows waht a variety and Quality means a traditional italian bakery.
He introduces us to his friends. Everybady has had something to do with theatre, art, performances.
All in all a beautiful last time in Italy.
From Bari we take the Ferrie to Patras in Greece. After a long not very comfortable journay we reach Patras and decided to hitchhike to athens.
And this works. The first driver takes us 8 kilometers, the second a bigger part. Unfortunatly he leaves us at a place away from the highway. He doesn't speak english at all but speaking with hands and feet was possible and funny.
Than an old lady with to dogs and a lot of chaos in the car takes us to the next petrolstation on the highway. From there we found a russian Truckdriver who brings us straight to Piraeus the harbour next to athens. In between the sun had been going down and we were happy that we not have to stay at the petrol station for the night. Oleg has had the possibility to speak russian. But in the communication the driver did noy hide that he thinks we are not living in the right way,. We should think about house and children and not travel like this.
From Piraeus to athens and to giannis our new host. He is grazy about hosting people. He host a lot of people in the same time in his two room appartement. In this way he does not have to listen to the stress in his head. He calls this hospitality-solution "healthy noise".
Athens is not one of my favorits. It is not beautiful, very loud and the old greek ruines are not speeking to me. But we have a good time, beside some cold and fever. We are allways meeting interessting people. For example the cyclowns a group of artists and musiscians which travel the world by bicycles. Like the way from Turkey to Indonesia in three years. What dimensions!
Now we are living in Akis appartment. A Engenieur who goes to china for two years to work there. His small appartment has the view to the end of athens and the treeles rough mountains surrounding it.
In Athens a policeman killed a 16 year old boy, now everybody who does not accept this is on the barrikades. There is fighting in the street. We saw a big building completly burned down in the city center. Also the cars in front burned out. For me it looks like an explosion. There was dead. I did not have my kamera with me. There is no information about what is going on in athens, I think the goverment has his hand over it. Just in this minute our host tells us that the police shoot an demonstrating girl today. People start to panic.
The travel shows up his transformatoric power on me. I have the possibility to observe myself getting impatient about the progress of the travel, the relationship and various small things. This life wants me to be patient, relaxed and clear. When I fall out of Relaxation There are difficulties, emotional ones and material ones.
I am happy to be on this way and sometimes I can not believe that it is just the beginning and there are big adventures waiting for us.
Yours Hannah and Oleg
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Is Psychiatry A Good Major
Athens
Beloved,
the moment we do not yet know how it goes. The Pakistani embassy has refused the visa and we will give time for new plans.
By then you will not hear much from us because we might not have a computer at your disposal.
I think of you
Hannah
Dear friends, At the moment
we don `t know how things will go on. The Pakistani Embassy refuses the visa and we take our time to develop new plans.
Until that you will not hear to much from us, because we are not having a computer in the house at the moment.
We think on you
Hannah
Beloved,
the moment we do not yet know how it goes. The Pakistani embassy has refused the visa and we will give time for new plans.
By then you will not hear much from us because we might not have a computer at your disposal.
I think of you
Hannah
Dear friends, At the moment
we don `t know how things will go on. The Pakistani Embassy refuses the visa and we take our time to develop new plans.
Until that you will not hear to much from us, because we are not having a computer in the house at the moment.
We think on you
Hannah
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