Page 43 - ILIAS ATHANASIADIS AKA RO1

Athens has been a major point in my life a town where at first I lost
myself and re-discover myself . A town where I met love I enjoy

love I have been loved and I got hurt the most, I discover new

friends , IO lost friends, I laughed and cried, I saw the night with all
its beauty and I learn a lot about the world the people and above all

myself. The only mistake I did back then was I really didn’t had

much time to love myself and that played a big role to my later life.

Let’s start from the beginning when I was still living rough by

choice . I had a very good friend back then he still is today but he

moved back to his mothers hometown and although we do spek on
line we have not see each other for more than 30 years.

He was my anchor on difficult days when things were going now
where and I was seeking help[ he was there for me and he was doing

his best to help.

I start to change my lifestyle and with my friends help we start to

explore the Gay scene by going to bars clubs,

I had no money nothing but he was supply me with food drinks and
sometimes going out. One night before Xmas we went out to a gay

bar called “GRANAZI” the bar was cute small with a small garden

just off Sygrou Road.

The road was well known for it’s prostitution women and men

transexual men, Travesties name them all it was a community
getting together to survive

Sygrou road was always busy good christian Orthodox men and girls
all desperate driven by the demon of their desires were looking for

the same thing. LOVE it’s called and the word sounds good