Month: August 2019

Sweet Escape/Γλυκιά Απόδραση
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Beautiful trees for shade.

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Beautiful path. Majestic!

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Happy Birthday to me..:)

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Water is so hypnotizing.

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Stunning green and blue water.

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Blinded by the beauty!

It was a sweet escape to the beaches of Epidavros in Argolida. A beautiful place to celebrate my birthday yesterday.  It was a great choice as the area was not only breathtaking but it was so quiet. Also, the beach was very private with clean, warm waters and trees for shade instead of umbrellas. 😉

Ήταν μια γλυκιά απόδραση στις παραλίες της Επιδαύρου στην Αργολίδα. Ένα όμορφο μέρος για να γιορτάσω τα γενέθλιά μου χθες.

Ήταν μια εξαιρετική επιλογή, καθώς η περιοχή όχι μόνο κόβει την ανάσα, αλλά ήταν τόσο ήσυχη. Επίσης, η παραλία ήταν πολύ ιδιωτική με καθαρά, ζεστά νερά και δέντρα για σκιά αντί για ομπρέλες.

 

 

Small Town /Η Μικρή Πόλη

Halkida

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Aristotle

A bust of Greek philosopher Aristotle

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A quick escape from Athens to the southern small town of Halkida in Evia. The place where the, ‘father of western philosophy’ Aristotle died on the 7th of March 322 B.C.

“Yes the truth is that men’s ambition and their desire to make money are among the most frequent causes of deliberate acts of injustice.”
― Aristotle

 

“Man is by nature a political animal.” -Aristotle
― Aristotle

Beach Life/Η ζωή στην Παραλία

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Greece is surrounded by beautiful beaches, so you don’t have to go to an expensive island to get to one.  I’m not a ‘beach bumb’. A little swim in the ocean is great if you have the opportunity to do so, but not every single day of the summer. That’s a little much and that gets boring and tiring. Plus, I can’t relax sometimes and I don’t do water sports. I brought my camera though, what does that tell you?

If you can’t get to a clean beach just look at my photos and pretend you’re there 🙂

Η Ελλάδα περιβάλλεται από όμορφες παραλίες, έτσι δεν χρειάζεται να πάτε σε ένα ακριβό νησί για να επισκεφτείτε ένα. Δεν είμαι “αλητάκος της παραλίας”. Λιγο κολύμπι στον ωκεανό είναι υπέροχο αν έχετε την ευκαιρία να το κάνετε, αλλά όχι κάθε μέρα του καλοκαιριού. Αυτό γίνεται βαρετό και κουραστικό-για μένα. Επιπλέον, δεν μπορώ να χαλαρώσω μερικές φορές και δεν κάνω θαλάσσια σπορ. Έφερα όμως τη φωτογραφική μηχανή μου, τι σας λέει αυτό;

Αν δεν μπορείτε να φτάσετε σε μια καθαρή παραλία, κοιτάξτε τις φωτογραφίες μου και προσποιείτε ότι είστε εκεί 🙂

Miracle Melon/Θαύμα με το Καρπούζι

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During the hot summer months in Athens my mother liked to sit on the balcony in the afternoon and eat pieces of watermelon.  This would be her last summer of doing just that. She had this bad habit of spitting out the seeds. Many of them would stick to the marble floor. But, there were some seeds that landed in the pot in front of her. A pot that I had planted a yucca in.  By some strange miracle the seed germinated just a few weeks ago and a  watermelon vine started growing. And now there is a cute little watermelon growing from the vine!  I have tried countless times to plant seeds in these pots and most of the time they have not germinated. It’s a hit or miss with seeds, that’s why the more seeds planted the better chance of success. So my family and I were shocked that this seed actually germinated. It was such a funny, yet comforting thing to have happen close to a year after her passing. Perhaps it’s a message that life continues and to flourish and to grow and not to give up even in difficult circumstances.