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I’m Maria T (big greek name) and I am a Greek geek living, working and playing in the U.K. I work for bluestorm where I do both front & back-end development. I like dnb and good coffee. More about me here »

Another holiday gone, another year starts

Another holiday gone, another year starts

It’s a couple of days since my return to the UK after spending 2.5 weeks in Greece with my family and friends. Today I managed to sort out through the few hundreds of photographs I shot on my phone while I was there and as a result I am feeling very homesick. This feeling only exacerbates the weird mood I’ve been since I’ve come back. While every other return to the UK has been marked by homesickness, this time even my own home doesn’t feel like home. I feel like a stranger in my own flat. My bed feels strange, the smells in the house feel odd. Either a very bad case of S.A.D. or maybe a sign that my time in the UK is coming to an end. Time will tell. In the meantime…...

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