Kalimera!

Can you imagine, that I slept until 1 today - great! Ok, I came home at 8 in the morning, but still, I'm surprised! I think the Swedish light summer had some effects on my sleeping habits. And I'm back in going out :-)

I had the problem of moving together only one time and I knew immediately that it was a bad idea. But if you didn't have this feeling, I think everything will be fine. It's not only with open marriage that most of them brake up some day, but also most of the married people do. I wouldn't think of it too much, just enjoy it as long as it lasts.
Eleni, if you ever saw Thomas' flat, than you would know. Geli, your new flat is really nice, but I've never seen such a great flat like the one of Thomas! It's amazing!!!

I'm in the same Greek mood like you Eleni. Actually since Sweden, I mostly listen to Greek music (me, who didn't like it...) and I also thought of looking for a phd in Greece. I don't know if you know Marie Curie, it's a scholarship from the EU for phd and you get quite a lot of money and if I would find something interesting in Greece, I would take it, I think. But also in other countries like Slovenia and Sweden.
By now I didn't search at all, I know I should, but I'm really longing for a break, by now my life was so straight - university right after school, with the only small break in Thessaloniki. The good thing is that I have some money left from Sweden, so I don't have to hurry too much, to find a job or a paid phd.

Ok, I'll go to a japanese tea ceremony now. A friend is going to Japan in one year and he is learning some things like the traditional tea ceremony and sword fighting and today he'll serve tea for the first time, I'm really interested how this is going on.

Filakia, Jutta

HI Gelitsaki and all the others too!

We haven't moved yet, we're still staying in my flat. We'll move at the end of October. I don't think that moving together will change a lot fo us cause we've already practically been living in my flat for half a year. It's just more official then, open marrriage :) That was the reason why I first hesitated, I didn't want to become an open wife and all the relatives are waiting for wedding then.... And If we'll brake up one day, it's a much bigger thing because of the flat. When I told the news for a friend of mine she said: well, you've already lost your indepence so what can change anymore?

Another friend of mine recommended to buy all the new things separately to avoid stupid disagreements of which furniture is Jarno's and which is mine. In case of braking up. It feels stupid to think now that what happens if we will brake up one day, but it's a cold truth that most of the "open marriages" won't last forever.

Are you planning of moving to your of Thomas's flat or finding a new one? Our new flat is only 500m from here.

It's great to do some decorating again! We have a small floor plan of the flat and we calculated the lenghts of all walls and have been planning the way to put out furniture. Yesterday we bought a sofa. It's dark grey and cool! Much better than my Ikea's klippan in which is horrible to sit with another person and another side just broke, it's 15 cm's lower than the other...

I downloaded some more Elli Kokkinou and Giorgos Mazonakis. I'm in Greece-mood now. Would it be possible to go there next summer all together? I want to!!!