It seemed like a long ride and we were getting impatient. We had homemade snacks on the way and still wondering when our destination would finally arrive. Yes, it was another half a kilometer, and we finally arrived.
Where the vehicles stopped was on a green grass playground and we looked around to find small prefabricated homes around on either side of a long pathway in front of the playground. When we got to the pathway, we got the real picture, and it was beautiful. The pathway was a long way, and on either side of it, were the homes. And where the pathway ended, were steps down to the Mediterranean sea!!
While we were wondering where we our home would be, the gatekeeper showed up coming with keys and when he showed our spot, we were more than amazed. It was the last home on the left where the pathway ended just a few feet away from the steps leading to the sea. Could we really be that lucky? Indeed we were!!
We went inside to find a tiny kitchen and an attached small bathroom and just two rooms, one of which would be for our parents and the other one would serve for my sisters and me both as a bedroom and a living room for all. How? The sofas were stretchable to make them beds and there were exactly three sofas, one a big one enough for three in sitting position and the other two for solo still while in sitting position.
While we were saddened at how tiny and limited our home was going to be, the outside scenery was more than enough to compensate for that. There were no friends of ours now to carry the heavy suitcases and boxes all the way from the playground near the main gates to our new home at the very end. We managed helping eachother as much as we could although it was very strenuous, pushing and pulling.
Sometimes feeling sad, sometimes thrilled in the new environment, little did we know that there was going to be a whole lot of love spreading around soon.