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I noticed that a lot of people use Blogs to just share their experiences with everyone else. In here i want to add my story with Jolanda and anything else that i believe its worth for sharing.
I have to add first some things about me.I'm from Orestiada, Greece. Orestiada is the last town up North/East nearby Turkey and Bulgaria. 20.000 - 25.000 citizens. A small town with great people and good lifestyle.
I was living there for my whole life till now except one year (1993-1994) of studying in an american college at Thessaloniki, and almost two years (1994-1996)of serving in the Navy.
I always liked traveling and meet new cultures and people all around the world. I really hope one day i will manage to visit as many countries as i can. Till now i travelled to Africa (Egypt, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Ghana), Australia (Melbourne and surroundings), and some countries of Europe like England, Belgium, France and of course Holland where i live now. I also been to Bulgaria and Turkey.
AND THE STORY BEGGINS!!
Its the last days of June 2004, and my boss George Arvanitidis (also president of the tennis federation of my town) asked me to help him in this 10.000$ womens tennis tournament which was held in my town for the first time! He wanted me to communicate with the girls and help them in any way i can about anything they would need. Of course I accepted :)
The tournament started, many girls participated, (40 if i remember correctly), and i was there trying to meet everybody and help them for anything they wanted. And i was extremely excited of course. The second day, i was sitting in the office drinking coffee, and suddenly a girl comes in, asking me, with a smile in her face, to take her to the physio cause she had an injury to her hip. I will never forget that amazing smile of Jolanda!!
I drove her to the physio, and while she was giving massage to Jolanda i was also in the room saying various jokes to her, and thinking at the same time "what an interesting person she is"..After half an hour she finished and while we were walking to the car she sliped and almost fall down. (As she admited after a year she was nervous trying to impress me and she lost control) hahahahhaa:)
The next day Jolanda lost her match and she had to leave back to holland the next morning. That night we decided to take out all the girls and have a players night at a bar. It was that night where Greece was playing against France (yes, during Euro 2004 were Greece became European Champions hehe). We watched the game and then we went to a club to drink some drinks. I was sitting with Jolanda together and talking the whole night. It was so great talking to her. It felt like we new each other for long time. And i was keep on thinking "such a shame that this girl is not from my town and she is leaving tomorrow morning". We drinked a whole bottle of jin with tonic.
The next morning Jolanda left and for me it felt already that tournament is finished. Thank God she gave me her msn account. so the same evening i was online and suddenly Jolanda came online also from her house!! and we started chatting.
The next weeks past with me chatting with Jolanda almost everyday. And everyday it felt more and more that we are so meant to be together..But How?
One day Jolanda informs me that there is a tournament at Istabul Turkey. Istabul is 250 Klm away from my city so that would be great. I begged her to participate so that way she could maybe visit me also:).. And she informed me that she is participating, and that she can come to me for a few days before and after the tournament!... I was so excited..
Finally the day for Jolanda to come arrived. I was so excited and nervous. I went to the airport to pick her up. I remember when the door of the plane was open, Jolanda was the first person running down the stairs and came to the baggage area. I approached her, and i kissed her welcoming her to Greece.She was so surprised by me kissing her that she didnt move her lips at all!!! Its like i kissed a statue!! hahahaha i cant forget her expression:)..
We picked up her bags and i started driving to Orestiada. on the way we were talking about various things, but also tried to explain her that she has no reason to be worried about anything and that we should try to have the best time ever!. When we arrived, i took her out for a drink and of course to introduce her to some friends of mine. We had a really great time..
But the time arrived for her to go to the tournament at Turkey..
So Jolanda left and i felt lonely. I had such a great time with her and i was keep on saying inside me "why is she from a different country.We could have such a great time together if she was here". She told me that once she would lose, she would return to Orestiada for some more days. But the days were passing by and Jolanda kept on winning!!.
I decided to go there and support her and be with her. As you know Greece and Turkey are not the best friends ever:) But another time i will mention maybe my adventures there cause believe me me and Jolanda had many amazing adventures in Turkey. Anyway i drove to Istabul and i managed to find the tournament place. Jolanda was really happy. (She said that it was the first time that somebody went to support her in a tournament).
It was really interesting watching her playing tennis. I have to admit that i had no idea about tennis but after all this time with Jo i learned some basic rules about this game. Too bad its not so popular in Greece.
We had a really good time for three days in Turkey. We went all over istabul, saw some interesting parts of it. Everyday we were realising that we are so meant to be together. Its amazing to find a "female" version of yourself!!
I will create another post where i will make comments about places and countries i visited with Jolanda. How i saw the people and those countries in general through my own eyes. Also i have to add comments about friends and people i mention here in another post. While i'm creating this blog, i'm trying also to learn about technics of using blogs and how to make easier some things (links,posts,comments etc etc.).
And when does the story continue? cause its very interesting to read actually...Your hazosje:)
It was friday i remember and i had to drive back to Orestiada cause i had some things to take care of. i was really sad to leave her alone, but i had to go. i drove back, i finished what i had to do, and then in the afternoon i slept a bit to rest. i woke up at 19:00 and i was drinking my coffee. I was missing her but i couldnt just drive back there. Jolanda won her match again and she reached semi finals. She would play on saturday again. My mother suddenly said "why dont you go back there again?". I wasnt feeling so excited to drive again in Turkey but the thought of surprising her, gave me a big motivation. Jolanda thought that i would stay at Orestiada waiting for her to return. I started driving at 20:00 sending her also sms from time to time saying to her that i'm in my room etc etc. She said that she was going to eat something and then she would return back to the hotel to sleep early and prepare herself for semi finals next day.
At around 22:30 if i remember correctly,i arrived at her hotel. i parked my car and i went up to her room. i knocked the door but there was no reply. That gave me a relief cause she was still out eating so she was about to return and she could find me suddenly in front of her room waiting.
I have to admit that i was a bit nervous cause i wasnt so sure if she had the same feelings about me or if she would get so happy having me around her during a tournament. After 15-20 minutes i heard someone coming upstairs from the stairs!! acctually running up the stairs like crazy! and it was Jolanda who came straight away to my hug and huged me sooo tight! And i was the happiest person on earth cause that hug (which i'll never forget) gave me so much strengh.."It was worthing the driving"...
The next day was the big day for me especially cause i have the priviledge to watch semi finals at tennis, and especially my girl. Unfortunately Jolanda lost the match, altough i really believe it happened cause she was nervous! anyway for me she was already a winner (for her she was a loser)and i was really happy for her in general. After the game, a turkish couple came to see her, (the brother of her coatch in holland) and they took us out for lunch at Vosporos. We ate in a fish tavern, a really good one. It was nice but there was a little problem. Jolanda was in her own world!! It felt so terrible those hours. We started driving back to Greece, and she wasnt talking at all!! I was feeling so bad. I couldnt understand what was happening, and i started to believe that it was something i did or i said.
After the borders Jolanda finally talked!! and i realised that this whole thing was happening cause she lost her match!!! i was trying to explain her that she reached semi final which was really good, but she was insisting that she is a loser! well at least i learned what happened (After many hours).
We returned to Orestiada (Finally!) and again the next days we had so much fun. Although we both had in our minds the future, what will happen to us. We were avoiding to discuss about it, but sometimes i was trying to tell her that ok, as it seems at least we had a good time and that unfortunately we wont be able to be together, cause distant relationships have bad results..
The only thing she said, was that "No i'm sure we can manage"!. "but how can you be so sure?" i replied...."I dont know. All i know is that we can manage. You'll see"!!! I admit that those words gave me strength. Unfortunately the day arrived for her to leave back to Holland. I took her to the airport and then after her plane took off, i was driving back to Orestiada, being an absolute mess.
Here i have to add also that i have to skip some parts, or some details, cause its a story of almost 3 years now, and its impossible to write down everything (feelings, dates, conversations etc etc) cause i really believe we could create tons of books. Personally i love details, but unfortunatelly i dont have so much time to write down everyday. Ok i'm a bit lazy too!:).
September...2004...We decided with Jolanda to visit her at Holland. Oh my God, me at Holland. It would be my first time at this country and i was so excited that i will experience this with my Jolanda.
I will play a game now to relax and i will continue with Holland later or tomorrow! I really want to thank those 3 people that left their comments till now, cause knowing that someones watching our blog gives me strength. I just returned from work, Jolanda is for dinner with one of her best friends, Ellen, and she will return later.
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