unsolved mysteries?

when i studied abroad in greece, on a trip to prague, i bought my mother a set of crystal wine glasses. they were really beautiful, with green (or was it blue?) crystal decorations on the glass. i was so worried about this gift, that i had my friend bring it back to thessaloniki to keep it safe while i continued on my travels.

while i was in athens, i also bought a silver bracelet. it was one of a few things that i bought solely for myself, a guilty pleasure. i loved that bracelet, when i saw it i knew immediately that i wanted it. it had no clip, the metal just wrapped around your wrist in a winding, grecian pattern.

i've lost both these items since then. however, lost may not be the correct word. i don't think ive ever had anything purposely stolen from me before, but i've always had the nagging feeling that these were stolen. i literally had them in my possession one day, and the next day they were gone. even two years later i have my suspicions.

really random that i thought about this now. but these two items were important to me. i dont think of myself as a materialistic person, but there are some things i own that i place a lot of meaning on. those wine glasses were a beautiful gift that i wanted to present to my mother. that bracelet was going to be my one souvenir of my experience in greece. it's one thing to lose these things, but to have them taken from you feels much worse.