hmmm, a not very interesting last few days. i went to the demonstration mentioned in my previous entry. we caught the bus to the starting point, then walked about a kilometre til we reached a police line that was barricading the entry to the american army base that we were there to protest against. the base is situated inside a mountain - not on a mountain, inside a mountain. they've caved out the entire mountain and filled it with whatever an army base needs to be filled with to make it war-ready. and this would be fine i spos, except the americans missed america by a few thousand k's and built the army base in greece.

after stopping at the barricades for about half an hour, we walked back to the starting point, and then a further 6 or so k's to the closest village. it was stinking hot. they had water and food there waiting for us, then we walked a little further, to the town square, where we listened to speeches and music.

my mum and i caught the bus back to larisa while my dad walked on with other faithfuls. they returned to larisa on foot, a good 10ks away.

the next day was a write off. the only thing i rememeber doing is eating. we went out for dinner with the relos. we went to neapoli and had the bestest pizza in the entire world. my mouth's watering just thinking about it...and can you believe i managed to limit myself to just 2 pieces?? i had one for me and one for jacs. sorry girl, i couldn't do the four that you requested. maybe tonight. it's 5.20pm and the only thing i've eaten all day is a can of coke, so there's plenty of room in here for 4 pieces.

yesterday i decided to limit my internet use to a few hours, which left me a lot of time to sit and do absolutely nothing, or do something. everyone was working during the day so i was on my own. bliss. i decided to go watch a movie. i got to the cinema at 2pm, only to find out that the first movie started at 4. i sat and had a coffee and used the spare time to touch base with my brother via sms. funny bastard. he had been on an unproductive hunting trip over the weekend (lucky for all the bambis that got away, not so lucky for him) and was at home having a piss-up with some friends. reckons he'd been doing housework all day and was using that as an excuse to unwind...WHATEVER! i can just imagine him dusting and vacuuming in a frilly pink apron...like i said...whatever...

so...da vinci code - great book. pity about the movie. i thought tom hanks was guna fall asleep half way thru it. i'm guna remember this movie for all the wrong reasons. one) it was crap. two) i had the whole cinema to myself. and i mean the whole cinema. i was the only one in there. i should've taken that as a hint, but i didn't. not that i had much else to choose from, in any case. by the time the movie finished the weather had cooled down considerably, so i decided to walk the distance to the main platia. and go to the internet cafe again...

after killing a couple of hours there (my interests are growing daily - i've started to google the oddest things, just to kill time), i walked back to my cousins house nearby, had something quick to eat, then went for a drink and a d&m with him. i'm getting over the bar scene here. it's always the same old. the bars are great, and the set up is terrific, but there's only so many times i can sit there trying to talk over loud music. let me paint the picture for you - there's a couple of big platias (town squares) and a few smaller ones. in fact, you can't really walk far in larisa without coming upon one of these squares. the 2 big ones are tahithromiou (which literally translates to the postoffice square), and neapoli (which literally translates to new city). there are swish bars lined up around the square (think fed square, but flat - concept is still the same), each with their funky lounge type seating and colourful lights, chill-out music playing so loudly you wouldn't dream of chilling out, and perfect people sitting around being perfect. think southbank bars, with a chapel st crowd. think $10 for a vodka and orange. the problem is, most of these squares and bars look the same, so even if you go to one place one week, and then to another the following week, it's like you're still in the same place.

after finishing our $10 vodkas, my cousin dropped me off at my aunties house and i went beddy byes.


this heat is still doing my head in.

that's the latest exciting news from larisa...

lotsalove from here to there,

emy
xxx