Interesting days

It's been quite a few days since I last blogged, I thought I could do the 365-a-year posts but it finally requires too much discipline:P Not for me i guess, hi, hi, hi!
But on the other hand,those last few days were full...
Saturday got up quite late,wasted time on facebook and msn and later went out with N. for chrismas carols in a protestant church and then for hot soup at the Artichaut, one of my favourite coffee shops-bars here:)And then ...chez Corina for vin chaud, we improvised a lot for the recipe but it turned out to be great!

The protestant church in Strasbourg: we were among old people mostly , it's so sweet to see that they are still active and try to enjoy life-I think I'm going back next Saturday:)







Artichaud a very boheme cafe,with bio-food and giant bowls with hot chocolate...I think the fact that men there are also very good looking add to its reputation:):):)








Sunday we took the train with other friends from university and went to Heidelberg-Germany that is. It took as about 3 hours and we changed 4 different trains but it was worth it, especially considernig the tickett just costs 7 euros aller retour!Heidelberg is cold, beautiful and boring from what Robert told me. The christmas market was nice, lots of people, nice coffe shops, bratwurst and vin chaud(hot, sweet wine), served in a beautiful christmas mug which is now standing proudly in my cupboard!!!!The view from the castle was also great,there were also people singing christmas carols, took great fotos, saw the biggest wine barrel (!!)in Europe etc.


Best part was I saw Robert and his girlfriend, we already made a date for our next...meeting, he's coming beginning of january in Strasbourg for a couple of days!
Came back home only to open my pc and affront too much information I wasn't ready to process...My mother sending me an email telling me not to be afraid if I here anything about what happeining in Greece, that there are riots, people braking stuff in our neigbourhood, Athens in flames, but they are OK. Then read the news and haven't stopped since:the riots are continuing for the third day, the center of Athens is burned down, banks, shops, university libraries, car dealers, even the city's christmas tree...So sad...I looked forward to going back home for holidays, now I am a bit more reluctant now, since I doubt there will be any christmas spirit left...Will even the riots be over by then???How beautiful is Athens in christmas, with my friends we love going downtown for some window shopping, strolling around the christmas market and the tree, having coffee...I doubt there will be anything left this year, the fotos I've seen that far are...devastating, sad...I'm speechless, I almost cried earlier...
The cause of all this is even sadder:a policeman shot and killed a 15 year old Saturday night downtown, because he provoked him verbally or by throwing something at him, no one knows yet what exactly happened.But it was murder in cold blood neverhteless.Unacceptable for a police officer to pull out a gun, even just to intimidate...We 're talking about a minor here, u don't need a gun to intimidate him!!!!And u certainly don't open fire to make him go away.
I'm wondering what kind of training they receive in police academy.They are supposed to have seminars on human rights and when it is allowed to pull a gun etc but several incidents during the last years in Greece clearly show that all this is b*******.
I live in the center of Athens, my university is in the center, the language instituts, my friends, the palces I hang out...I remember all the times I passed by the special forces of police which are situated everywhere downtown(a trend of the last 2-3 years, it wasn't always like that), in every corner, at groups of until 3 persons with machineguns, armed etc.I have always been afraid of their weapons and I was wondering if they have any bullets and how easy it is for them to use them...I doubted that they would use them in public like that, without a really serious reason...Well, I was wrong and now I am even more afraid of them. I mean the policeman shot 3 times towards a minor Saturday night in a very popular neigbourhood, where there is always a lot of people, especially on a Saturday night, I go there a lot, my brother, my friends...You may be passing by, not provoking anyone but u might get shot at because someone else cursed or threw stuff at a cop...
I'm so sad for my country, they are all s***heads, the policemen and those who burn down the city, as if they really care about the kid or as if that would bring him back.They are just searching for an excuse to destroy and burn...they are the same persons who vandalize during student protests etc.
And then there are the politicians...using and abusing such a moment to talk about elections, to undermine the government...instead of helping to resolve the situation, to calm things down, some care more abut how they will finally take the power in their hands.OK, next elections are probably yours and you amy do a much better job than the current government, but my God!Are you human?Do u even care about your country?Or you are just like Iznogud???I m disgusted and afraid for my family and friends...
I hate that I call them every day worrying about where they are and if everyone is OK, it's not normal to have that kind of situations in democratic countries, we were not in a war last time I checked...
I should start studying for tomorrow at some point, it's already 7.40 pm...I have put on christmas songs in case I finally cheer up and think about something else than the crazy place I happen to be coming from, which I have recently realised that I just love it and that it hurts too much to see where it has come to...