Month: December 2014

Happy New Year!/Ευτυχισμένο το Νέο Έτος!

A display of beautiful Christmas flowers.

I like this shop window!

Merry Christmas to you too! Just lower your prices a little haha!

It is a happy day when you see sweets like this.

Coffee and socializing. It’s a Greek thing 😉

Happy New Year everyone! Wishing that 2015 will be a happier, peaceful and warmer (!) new year.

I went downtown last Sunday and I took a few photos of the craziness that is Athens during the Christmas season. I was lucky that I went downtown before the winter weather really hit us. Today’s weather reminds me of the awful Canadian winters that I lived through as a child and that I would like to forget-but can’t! (urghhh) I enjoy the mild winters in Greece. December felt like October; I was still racking leaves! Now, all of the mountains in Athens and the rest of Greece are covered in snow, and the Athenians are not pleased about that not one bit. Also, it wasn’t such a great end to the new year for Greece for a few reasons like the call for early elections that no one wants, the nautical catastrophe of the ship ‘Norman Atlantic’, and the ‘Canadian weather’. So, let us hope that next year will not be ‘doom and gloom’ as some people say it will be. I’ll just say that it is going to be a better year.. no a great year! ;))

Merry Christmas/Καλά Χριστούγεννα

Merry Christmas to all of my fellow bloggers! :):)

Buon Natale. С Рождеством. Срећан Божић. Wesołych Świąt. Feliz Navidad. Häid jõule. Շնորհավոր Սուրբ Ծնունդ: Feliz Natal. vrolijk Kerstfeest.

Greek Is Chic!

I love this shop window! Greek is chic didn’t you know?

The very crowded Ermou St.

A vendor selling the warm winter drink called ‘Salepi’ (σαλέπι). It is made from orchids and is mostly consumed in the middle east.

A street vendor selling corn on the cob.

The Byzantine church ‘Agia Kyriaki’ built in the 6th century.

A few street photos of downtown Athens where there so many things to photograph. Athinas street, Ermou and Monastiraki are some well-known and busy streets. On that day Ermou street was so crowded my friends and I gave up and turned around. We went down a quieter street for a stroll. It’s probably a lot more crowded now that Christmas is approaching. Crowdy streets are a happy site for shop owners and street vendors, but only if people are buying and not just taking strolls like we were haha!

Street Musicians

I forgot to add this photograph from the summer time. Just a few young Greek boys playing on the street. I bet they were raising some money for their summer vacation 😉

Street Artist

An Artists sits next to his drawings of famous people.

A Chinese street artist in Monastiraki square in the downtown district of Athens.

Cats in B&W

My cat Angelo and the neighbourhood cat Sammy were my models in these black and white images. I believe that cats make the best models. They are very talented and photogenic, and they know how to strike a pose!

Strange Shops/Aσυνήθιστα Kαταστήματα

Meat galore. Not for the vegan types!

Go green! Can’t tell if it’s real or fake foliage. Interesting nonetheless.

Crowds gather outside a deli shop.

This shop caught me by surprise with its unusual decor.

Croissants, all kinds of bread, and Greek ‘halvas’.

The many brands of Greek honey.

In Athens, most of the merchandise is on the street so you don’t have to step into a shop to see what the store has to offer. It’s something you don’t see in many countries. Some of the items on display are really odd, like the wooden canes or the display case with the honey and alcohol on the wall of a shop. The shop with the sausages took me by surprise, that was a lot of meat! The shop attracted many people who were just walking by. Many were taking photos with their cell phones of the shops unique exterior.

Out of Body Experience

The image of the woman captivated me when I saw it in a magazine. She reminded me of myself just wandering through the fields in my mind, imagining. For my artwork I used tissue paper, acrylics a photo of a woman from a magazine and a photocopy of the photograph, and some stencilling.