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I am siting in the airport of Rhodes. Come OOOONNNN!!! I am leaving now after i spent  whole summer here... What about my feelings ? Of course i am sad, i already started to miss this place, but home is home, it's always s the best place to stay in.
I am sure, i will come back here again. By the way, to meet this nice people would not be a problem - the Earth is not so huge, and it's round, so... walking long way we can see each other again.

To work here - hm... i must think twice before. It could be funnier, if i had normal job. Next year, maybe, i will choose Rhodes to work in, but only as animator. It's mine, i'm sure.

Now, i hugged goodbye all nice people i wanted to hug there, others were ignoring me, so i decided to do the same.

Now is 8:11, check-in is at 8:45. Sitting, waiting, nervous.

I never done it alone before. Always someone was near till the last second. Now, i am totally alone. I felt this feeling whole summer. I came here alone, I had some nice friendship only the last month, changing the room. All the time i was lonely, alone, and... single. This is the fact - having someone, i would be more positive, more happy, maybe with more wish to come back home.

By this summer i had received about 1700 eu. Spent about 400 eu of them, maybe more...
Think about taxi - here is close enough to my place, but it costs 16 eu !!! The little bottle of yoghurt is 2 eu, small cup of coffee is 2-2,5 eu. Life is quite expensive here.

I had nice time here, except the work time. I met a lot of people, whom i will never forget... and counting crazy idiots whom i am grateful to, because, sometimes i had really funny time looking at them.

Yes, a lot of times i was crying, i had a wish to come home earlier. Now, being one foot to Lithuania, i started to remember nice pictures from this summer... I am happy that it was with me, even if it was very hard. I had such huge experience, and also, my 'latvian' summers never were as interesting as this 'greek' one.

Soon i will meet my family and friends. The all are really waiting for me. I can't wait till i hug them.

I promised to my mom not to cry, cause it can hurt my ears in a flight. It's so hard to hold the tears.

I love Rhodes, i already miss it.

time: 8:23
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time: 9:30

After duty-free shop i went to the waiting hall. Here is no internet, so waiting for Vilnius to make this post in my blog.
I bought sweet wafers - those which I dreamed to eat in greece :D I tasted them when i was working as maid, so i knew how nice it is. Now i want my mom to taste it. Oh God, i want to see her so much! I love the way she looks after eating something sweet - she looks happy! Soon i will see here happy face! Hope so.

The people around, mostly are from Lithuania, but, some of them speak latvian or english. They all are old enough, couples or just friends. Only I sit alone, as usual.

I am not nervousing, do nog know why, just i feel myself really relaxed. Maybe it because of the netbook on my knees.

The flight would be about 3 h 20 min. Maybe i will sleep. Still have no idea about my sitting place inside the air plane. I wish it is near the window. Wanna see the sky! Strange, but this summer i made not a lot pictures of places around, and i have only some pictures of me. My friends know that i have craze about pictures, so, for me it strange either that i changed my habits about this.

time: 9:35
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time: 13:54

I am in vilnius !!!
I had no any ache in my ears, so today feel myself very happy!
Already met my mom. Tryed to cry, but it's not the right time to do it :))) Better to smile and hug. Now she is searching for my daddy, so, i have a little time to say "HELLO BALTICS, I AM BACK!!!"

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Coming back to Latvia i decided to visit my agency... Want to tell them a little story about this experience... I know that it will not change anything, but at least i will feel myself better after.

103 day

Ya... it's my 103th day in Rhodes.
Work is not hard now. Strange, but it's about 160 people there, so, we work only 3 waitresses and sometimes we have nothing to do at all... It's empty.
Colleagues asked me twice about the day of my flight, seems like they can't wait till i go home :D :D :D Manager promised to give me day-off on Sunday to buy some stuff and collect my clothes.
About my way to airport - the agency promised to provide free transfer, but manager told me that i need to pay for a cab (it's at least 15 eu that is equal to my salary for one day).

The food in  hotel is more and more disgusting, sometimes we find worms in salads... The food is very fat here and not tasty. Working hard you want to eat, of course... and you eat it despite your tastes. Everybody got some extra kilos after this summer... I am not the exception... :((((

On Sunday I am going to buy some souvenirs to my friends and family. The problem is that it is very expensive for me. After all months working, and paying back the debt, i will got no more than 100 eu in my pocket... That sucks. I want to joy the people i love, but that means there would be zero left to my own needs. I am not egoist, so i will try to do everything to make them smile.

3 days left... 1 and half working days... Tomorrow i will make some pictures on work place. Want to show you how it is there :))

100 day

Everything was the same. Working hard, nothing really special. BUT, in the hotel near mine i met some guys from Germany. They are nice. We had some drinks together, and seems like we are friends now.

Nothing changed, still am waiting for coming home. LETTLAND !!!!!!!!!!!!!!111111111

97 day

The chief from our restaurant decided to quit because she was not paid for 5 months !!!
Now we have another chief, who is totally crazy and bad in his job. Nobody likes him and his dishes...

By the way, thanks God i have got my salary this month. Soon is home, i am waiting for ''ticket compensation''. It must be 250 eu.

The hotel is full, nothing is changed, the same shit - working without day off, very hard.

I really need to relax, cause seems like i can become crazy soon. I already started to be rude to my friends here... I feel myself really strange now, like it's not me at all !!!

Home... so soon... sweet home...

...until "95 day"

...Usually, the hotel pays us in 11th day of month.
Till 15.09 no one got salary.
We all were scared of being fools who work in such slavery without money... Yesterday, some people got money. I was in this ''lucky''.
As i expected, i have got the same money as they promised - 15,38 eu/day * 27 day = 415 eu.

So, about work - now the hotel is near to full, about 300 people. Restaurant is crowded all the time... We all work without day-off this month!!! Crazy time...

The people in hotel, mostly is from Poland, Sweden and Holland.
They are nice families, or just old couples. Sometimes we got tips, about 6 eu per 3 weeks.

I am sick already some weeks... angina. Here is hot enough, but the wind is very strong and cold! I bought antibiotics, trying to get better till flight back home. Feel myself a bit down.
Going home after 10 and half days.

Are you waiting ???

88 day

All my mind is about getting home...

Some days ago I was thinking about life in rhodes. Yes, it's possible to stay here and work as all this people do, 6 months - season, and other 6 to enjoy life. BUT, my own belief and plans are stronger.
I met some people who work as guide from some air companies. The work about 4-6 month in different countries. The finished guide school, and they just travel, working 4-6 hours per day, having fun, wandering around the world... They ''do not have home'', they are children of the road.
Sometimes I think that they have perfect life... It's my dream to see the world, to feel myself free, not to depend on anybody. They have such interesting life...
What about my life?
I am going to get higher education, to find good job, to work all life, to have family, to meet oldness somewhere near my grandchildren... - Do i need it?
Life is slavery, we all depend on something.

This time in Greece made me think more about things I had no time to think about...

It is 18 days till home. There I need to continue this thoughts and make decision, what to do.
Who knows what is better for me ???

To live ''standard'' life of woman, or to be free?

84 day

Today, finally, i had day off!
At night i was on the bar street in Rhodes new town. It was great! All around is so crowded, a lot of sounds, everybody was drinking and dancing...
Morning I met in Rhodes old town. Had a little walk, bought some stuff for myself and visited some cafe where got some free drinks ''from the owners'' :))) Greek people, mostly, is trying to be friendly and polite with tourists, and especially with female ones :D
But, really, you can be calm enough, cause you can walk without worries that somebody will try to ''touch'' you. Greeks are happy to do something nice to you, and they afraid to hurt you somehow. It's not only my opinion, but of course you can't be totally sure that here is no anybody who has problems with brain.
All the time i am making new friends, so have less time for sleep, cause i need to answer on all mails :D
But, i like it ! I feel myself needed!

P.S.
22 days left till home, right? ;) :D