The Economic Crisis in Greece and Problems at Work

I know it's been quite some time now I haven't been around much but to be honest, problems at work are responsible for my long absence in blogging. As you may know, the economy in Greece was going from bad to worse and resulted in a serious economic crisis. When the global financial crisis struck, Greece was badly prepared. Hosting the expensive Olympic Games  in 2004 and failing to rein in its spiralling public debt, Greece is now in financial trouble. Help seems to be on the way in the form of a eurozone bailout and hopefully this will save Greece from total economic disaster.

However, many businesses including mine are severely affected and are threatened with bankruptcy. Neither the new Prime Minister nor the European Union will save my business. Only me. And I haven't fired anyone yet under the excuse of redundancy. As the Captain , I need to work 20 hours a day in order to steer my ship off "reefs". I also need to travel a lot for that all over Europe, so there's hardly any time left for blogging and commenting right now. My friend  Anastasia and my contributor on this blog will be replacing me in the next few weeks to come. She has her own blogs - three or four, I think - and a very limited free time, yet she didn't hesitate to tell me : "I'll make time for My Blog".  And I want to thank her from the bottom of my heart.

Online Communication

OK, here I am blogging on Blogger after an invitation I received from my good old friend Constantinos - the owner of this blog. OK, I'll be honest with you. When I received this invitation asking me to be his guest author, I emailed Constantinos and said I couldn't accept it despite the fact that he has been my guest author on my Cypria blog on Typepad for almost 4 years! And I must admit that thanks to Constantinos and his wonderful postings on Greece and the Greek islands, my Cypria blog on Typepad was upgraded! Constantinos has almost tripled the number of visitors to my Cypria page. This said I honestly do not rely on numbers or ...ok ...let me rephrase this. I do rely on numbers as far as visitors are concerned. As Jean-Paul Sartre said : "I write to be read" - J'écris pour être lu - And I wouldn't be blogging on 4 ...now 5 different blogs just for me! But!!! When Constantinos's invitation came, I had to have second thoughts. Not because I don't trust Constantinos - I do trust him wholeheartedly - but because I think that not many people will like me! I am avery straightforward and outspoken person, often very blunt, and I won't pretend! Well, I think Constantinos knows that! I promise I'll post something more interesting next time. At the moment , I would like to thank Constantinos from the bottom of my heart for trusting me to be his guest author. It's a great honour for me. And I do hope I won't mess things up! But before I go...just one question and please be honest! To what extent do you trust online friends? Would you trust anonymous people? Oh my! Where do I go from here? Ah right ...publish post I guess. I will..but ...Constantine mou, if no one comments on your brand new blog ....please don't blame me ! Filakia FROM ANASTASIA - GUEST AUTHOR