reminiscing lapland

as it's getting colder I am thinking about the snow/as in...

will it snow this year?

will I go away to the snowy mountains? 

how much fun was last years's trip at lapland...

to moscow my sisters (and to saint petersburg too)

I have been away for so long, first because I was super busy with a project at work and second because I went to Russia.

There is no need (and no time) to elaborate as I will share some photos that tell it all.

happy birthday to youuuuuuuu...

Today is the day that my younger sister is turning 26. How is that possible when she is 4 years younger and I feel 25??

vacation 101

Wow, how sad to write about ones holiday when it s all over … I just came back from Creta yesterday, after a 5 days refreshing vacation made of beautiful, light blue beaches, delicious food and a whole lot of raki. 

weekendology s2ep4

Everything is slowly getting decomposed my routine, my sleep, my mind. As it seems I will be telling you about my weekend on a Wednesday. I once again visited the hot and sunny city of Kalamata where I mostly vacated (in the expected sense of the word) spending most mornings at beach bars, relaxing, eating sea food. Nothing extravagant, very refreshing nonetheless.

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So close to the actual summer vacations we had a sneak preview this weekend. I went at a friends house in Pylos near Kalamata and we had 3 days of beach, view-watching and relaxing. We went once again to explore Polylimnio, which I have mentioned before here, a place with 9 lakes and many waterfalls and we ate great, homemade food at a stone tavern at Mesohori.

it is all chinese to me!

I am back from my trip all around china after 15 tiring but very exciting days, 7 flights, 3 train trips and uncountable kilometers of walking. 

At one of the airports, some days ago, we begun talking with a group of Germans about our experiences of china and we all agreed the first thing that comes to mind to characterize it is “different”. Everything was different and surreal, especially to me as it was my first trip outside Europe. Words can’t really describe it accurately and as I realized while I was there, photos (my photos at least) can’t capture the atmosphere, mainly because of the scale of everything and certainly because of the sound and smell being such strong elements. 

I did a quick selection out of hundreds of pictures to post two of each of the cities we visited.

Beijing

off to china...

First thing tomorrow morning I am starting my vacations around China!  

I am super excited and kind of anxious, first to manage to see everything I want, to have limitless energy to walk around all day and last but not least to avoid eating any kind of animals (I think that with their menus, this will be the trickiest). 

I will be back in 15 days. Hope you miss me!

weekendology s1ep12

I went all over this weekend, starting from the village of a friend near Grevena, at the northwest of Greece, called Kipourio, moving on to the ski center of Vasilitsa, walking around at the Portitsa bridge and looking over at Edessa’s waterfalls and Kastoria's lake. All in all, we were enjoying ourselves while admiring nature’s beauties. 

Take a look yourself starting from the view we had waking up in the morning at Kipourio.

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This weekend I was in Salonica, the city that I think is the most European one of Greece. It is so beautiful and of course the fact that some of my best friends live there only makes it better. Here are some photos from the  amazing daytime and the crazy nightime in the city that has it all.

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It is snowing right now and I am loving it, let’s hope it will all be white tomorrow! Coming back to Athens yesterday we were driving through the fog and it was quite surreal.

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That was a really inspiring, calming weekend for me as I went away and toured a bit around Arcadia. It was very cold and refreshing and I enjoyed all the walking and driving so much, and the eating too! I went to a bunch of historical villages. Following is Dimitsana and an amazing phenomenon in Kapsia, where a river ends in a kind of waterfall, where all the water disappears in the earth.  

weekendology s1ep1

This weekend I took some refreshing time away from the city, road tripping around Taigetos mountain. 

This beautiful flower was waiting to be photographed by the lakes at a location called Polilimnio (meaning lots of lakes) and following is the seaside of the city of Kalamata.