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Florin and his paintings, Volos 2003.

« Yes. Yes! Yes, always. I’ve always done more than one job. Nowadays as well. Always. That’s why we came here and, as I’ve already told you, I don’t have much time, because life is short and we have to work, to create something. We can’t just wait for a salary and nothing more. We can’t afford that. We have a lot of responsibilities. […] And I don’t even have time for friendships. I don’t have time. We come back from work at night, around 8:30, 9:00 o’clock, we take a bath and go straight to bed. We watch television, read the newspaper a little and that’s all. Where can you go? At six o’clock in the morning, you get up again. »

Vasiliv (44, Bulgaria )

« Yes, many things have changed. Now we have different interests. We try to do more than just work. We go after our dreams and try to make them come true. Maybe we try to accomplish here the things we couldn’t do there. Of course this is very difficult, but even the fact that we try to make them come true gives us great pleasure. It’s a change. It’s something new in our lives. »

Anieza (42, Albania )

Time off

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