Nomadic astro-life
After one year in Agia Paraskevi (part of Athens in the outlet to Marathonas), I left the house on Korytsas and moved to apartment in Zografou, below Immitos mountain. Motivation obvious: smaller apartment=cheaper. And also, the feel of being alone in a big house was not good. And also, now I need 20 min to my work, and before I needed hour or more.
After quite a number of years it is also my return to city life-places where I lived last 7 years were rather of rural quality of life, as it was more convenient with small kids. But now, on my own again, it became too luxurious. Now I live somewhere in the middle left part of this pic:
I made a move for memory and moved from Korytsas by...bike.
Sure, the rest of the things came by truck-shit, it's expensive here to move, almost 200 eur.! I was helped by an Iraqi guy (working for the Greek owner of the truck) with whom I found quite interesting common points on former YU-Iraq. Interesting was that Greek authorities allow him to be here without papers, almost legally. It turned out that in Greece this part of Petty Europe rules is also "postponed"...so these people without papers can be in Greece, but should not move to the other countries of Schengen, as for this they could be severely punished (and in effect expelled even from Greece). Interesting...
Redder then red part of the Greek society had its "party" last week in Athens, as the students strike continued. Usual iconography from the dirt of history:
On the street U can see it is not the university fashion only...!
The students are in fact in permanent strike since spring, it is about new rules government wants to impose-part is also EU commitment. At least this I understood, when you ask, it is not clear to everybody why they are striking. On Physics Dpt. are, as it should be, the most vigorous ones, so I see the 'best'. Last month strikes were 'spiced' by the demands for larger salary by teachers and academic stuff. Garbage men were striking not for salary, as someone explained to me, but to remind people of Athens (and city government) that the place where they deposit city garbage is filled. Full since 2 years. And they did not even start to decide where they'll deposit in future, none of communities surrounding Athens does not want this 'pleasure'. Athens is a 5.5 millions city. Khmmmmm.
After quite a number of years it is also my return to city life-places where I lived last 7 years were rather of rural quality of life, as it was more convenient with small kids. But now, on my own again, it became too luxurious. Now I live somewhere in the middle left part of this pic:
I made a move for memory and moved from Korytsas by...bike.
Sure, the rest of the things came by truck-shit, it's expensive here to move, almost 200 eur.! I was helped by an Iraqi guy (working for the Greek owner of the truck) with whom I found quite interesting common points on former YU-Iraq. Interesting was that Greek authorities allow him to be here without papers, almost legally. It turned out that in Greece this part of Petty Europe rules is also "postponed"...so these people without papers can be in Greece, but should not move to the other countries of Schengen, as for this they could be severely punished (and in effect expelled even from Greece). Interesting...
Redder then red part of the Greek society had its "party" last week in Athens, as the students strike continued. Usual iconography from the dirt of history:
On the street U can see it is not the university fashion only...!
The students are in fact in permanent strike since spring, it is about new rules government wants to impose-part is also EU commitment. At least this I understood, when you ask, it is not clear to everybody why they are striking. On Physics Dpt. are, as it should be, the most vigorous ones, so I see the 'best'. Last month strikes were 'spiced' by the demands for larger salary by teachers and academic stuff. Garbage men were striking not for salary, as someone explained to me, but to remind people of Athens (and city government) that the place where they deposit city garbage is filled. Full since 2 years. And they did not even start to decide where they'll deposit in future, none of communities surrounding Athens does not want this 'pleasure'. Athens is a 5.5 millions city. Khmmmmm.
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