Urban travel tales

Discovering sweet delights in Athens, traditional & healthy

October 20, 2018 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2018 © Copyright. All rights reserved Since 1930 they make cheese pies, “oriental sweets” like galaktoboureko & kantaifi in different versions, […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only, Αθήνα για τα μάτια σου μόνο, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals • Tags: Athens Greece, City, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Αθήνα, Ελλάδα, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, journalism, Urban travel tales

Σαββόπουλος, Μια βραδιά στο Ηρώδειο

September 27, 2018 by Lisa Samloglou

3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι αναρτήσεις είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, συνοδευόμενα από τις φωτογραφίες μου. Η προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας εμπνέεται από το όραμα να δω τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, πιο φιλικό και ασφαλή. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα μπορεί να βρει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη του και τη στοχευμένη του δημιουργικότητα.  2018 © Copyright.  All rights reserved Μια βραδυά […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only, Απόψεις, Αθήνα για τα μάτια σου μόνο, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals • Tags: Art, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Europe, Greece, Αθήνα, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Πολιτισμός, Τέχνη, journalism, Life, Travel

Take a walk in Kea

September 26, 2018 by Lisa Samloglou

3X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 focused on Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Here you find authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched with my photos. They host a traveller’s approach and the vision for a safer world, a home where everyone may find the space to experience active love, to explore purposeful creativity. 2019 © Copyright. All rights reserved – revised MARCH 2019 photo 2019 Lisa Samloglou, the port Let’s take a walk along the seaside […]

Categories: Greek islands, Απόψεις, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts, Stories not so Short • Tags: Archaeology Greece, Archaeology Mediterranean, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Ecology, Greece, Greek islands, Greek Museums, journalism, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Life, Travel, Tzia/Kea

Lost in interpretation

February 14, 2017 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 focused on Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Here you find authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched with my photos. They host a traveller’s approach and the vision for a safer world, a home where everyone may find the space to experience active love, to honour respectful boundaries, to explore purposeful creativity. 2017 © Copyright.  All rights reserved; first posted: 14 February 2017 – revised: 28 November 2018 I kept […]

Categories: My Travel Journals, Poetic prose, Reflections on love and other arts, Stories not so Short • Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Love, Nature, Poetic prose, Richmond-upon-Thames, Solo traveling, United Kingdom

τα Αρχαία Ελληνικά στέρεα πατήματα στα μονοπάτια που θα διαβαίνουμε

June 5, 2016 by Lisa Samloglou

3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι αναρτήσεις είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, συνοδευόμενα από τις φωτογραφίες μου. Η προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας εμπνέεται από το όραμα να δω τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, πιο φιλικό και ασφαλή. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα μπορεί να βρει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη του και τη στοχευμένη του δημιουργικότητα. 2015 © Copyright. All rights reserved – […]

Categories: Απόψεις, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, Publications, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Cultural heritage, Culture, DonDeLillo, Europe, Greece, Αρχαία Ελληνικά, Ελλάδα, Ελληνική γλώσσα, Λογοτεχνία, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Literature, Urban travel tales

Creative Work: ‘Mad Love Goes to the Beach’ by Lisa Samloglou

February 7, 2016 by Lisa Samloglou

Originally posted on Words, Pauses, Noises:
In her short piece, ‘Mad Love Goes to the Beach,’ Lisa Samloglou engages all five of her reader’s senses as she chronicles her internal struggle between her childhood love of the countryside with her rebellious teenaged preference for the city. She allows us to see the lush green of the landscape outside of Athens, smell the sea salt as she walks along the beach and picks up shells, hear the cicadas hum late at night, feel the…

Categories: Publications, Reflections on love and other arts, Stories not so Short • Tags: Art, Cultural heritage, Greece, Life, Memoir, Photography, Publications

«Κάθε άρτιος ταξιδευτής δημιουργάει πάντα τη χώρα που ταξιδεύει» Ν. Καζαντζάκη

November 20, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

 for English/http://goo.glM1CoHL 3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από την έναρξη του το Μάιο του 2012. Εστιάζει στην Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά & την Οικολογία. Εδώ θα βρείτε αυθεντικές αναρτήσεις, πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, με φωτογραφίες μου. Στεγάζουν τη προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας και το όραμα για έναν πιο ασφαλή κόσμο. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα βρίσκει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη του και τη στοχευμένη του δημιουργικότητα. 2013 © Copyright.  All rights reserved  Στον τοίχο ένας χάρτης σημαδεμένος […]

Categories: Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, Stories not so Short • Tags: Greece, Greek Literature, Ελλάδα, Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία, Λογοτεχνία, Νίκος Καζαντζάκης, Ταξίδι, Φωτογραφία, Literature, Long Reads, Photography, Urban travel tales, Writing

‘Every sound traveler conceives all the time the country he/she is traveling ‘ N. Kazantzakis

November 20, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

for Greek http://goo.gl/NHUQbJ 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 focused on Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Here you find authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched with my photos. They host a traveller’s approach and the vision for a safer world, a home where everyone may find the space to experience active love, to explore purposeful creativity. 2013 © Copyright.  All rights reserved  On the wall there was a map marked with the places I longed […]

Categories: My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Greece, Greek Literature, Life, Literature, Long Reads, Nikos Kazantzakis, Photography, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

In the town I was born: Athens

September 24, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek: http://to.ly/pi653 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved; initial post 20 October 2013 – revised March 2018 incident number 1: […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only • Tags: Athens Greece, City, Culture, Greece, journalism, Life, Long Reads, Public spaces, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales, Writing

Places that console me: Puglia, Apulia

September 21, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek http://to.ly/p90L 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved  In my travels of the recent years I am visiting places, locations […]

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: Art, City, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Design, Europe, Italy, Life, Public spaces, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

The Return with an Editorial and ‘love/eros for things’

September 9, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek http://to.ly/oQHD 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity. 2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved  At some point I caught myself saying ‘my blog is my […]

Categories: My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Culture, Long Reads, Love, Photography, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales, Writing

a bench with a view

March 26, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved This blog post is an experiment in poetic prose matched with photos from the island […]

Categories: Greek islands, My Travel Journals, Poetic prose, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Art, Cultural travel, Culture, Gardens, Greece, Greek islands, Kea island, Life, Love, Nature, Photography, Poetic prose, Public spaces, Travel, Writing

Η Αθήνα φιλοξενεί “Πριγκίπισσες” της Μεσογείου στο Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης

March 15, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι φωτογραφίες με τις αντίστοιχες λεζάντες στο άρθρο μου χάρη στην ευγενή παραχώριση του  Μουσείου Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης. Τους ευχαριστώ πολύ!  Στο Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης  Στην έκθεση ‘‘Πριγκίπισσες’ της Μεσογείου στην αυγή της Ιστορίας’ από 13 Δεκεμβρίου 2012 έως 8 Μαίου 2013 εκτέθηκαν ευρήματα/κτερίσματα που βρέθηκαν σε τάφους.  Κάποια από αυτά ταξίδεψαν από την Κύπρο, την Νότια Ιταλία, την Ετρουρία, για να συναντήσουν σύγχρονα τους από τον Ελλαδικό χώρο: […]

Categories: Αθήνα για τα μάτια σου μόνο • Tags: Art, Athens Greece, Cultural travel, Greece, πόλη, Αρχαιολογία Μεσόγειος, Αθήνα, Δημόσιοι χώροι, Ελλάδα, Μουσεία Ελλάδα, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Πολιτισμός, Long Reads, Urban travel tales

Athens hosts ‘Princesses’ of Mediterranean at the Museum of Cycladic Art

March 15, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

All photos with respective captions are Courtesy of the Museum of Cycladic Art.   Thank you! See the same post in Greek Η Αθήνα φιλοξενεί “Πριγκίπισσες” της Μεσογείου στο Μουσείο Κυκλαδικής Τέχνης At the Museum of Cycladic Art  Τhe exhibition ” ‘Princesses’ of Mediterranean in the dawn of History” took place in Athens, the Museum of Cycladic Art from 13 December 2012 until 8 May 2013 bringing together personal objects that were found buried in graves.  Some of these treasures traveled […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only • Tags: Archaeology Greece, Archaeology Mediterranean, Art, Athens Greece, City, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Greece, Greek Museums, Long Reads, Public spaces, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

Walking the trail to the ancient Karthea, at the Greek island of Kea

March 3, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek Προς την αρχαία Καρθαία, στη νήσο Κέα 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.       2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved As in fairy tales […]

Categories: Greek islands, My Travel Journals • Tags: Archaeology Greece, Archaeology Mediterranean, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Cyclades, Ecology, Greece, Greek islands, Karthaia, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Long Reads, Photography, Poles, Public spaces, Travel, Urban travel tales

a tree is blooming at the Greek island of Kea /ένα δέντρο ανθίζει στη νήσο Κέα

March 2, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity. 2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved A tree is blooming at the Greek island of Kea I have discovered this tree […]

Categories: Greek islands, Απόψεις, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Cultural heritage, Culture, Ecology, Gardens urban, Greece, Greek islands, Κυκλάδες, Κέα/Τζιά, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Life, Love, Nature, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

Secret London: Trafalgar Square, Fourth Plinth

February 7, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

Promoting the benefits from the embracing of Cultural Heritage & Ecology, these posts feature in En & Gr thoroughly edited and researched, illustrated by my photos. Enjoy the journey!                                                                                2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved The Fourth Plinth, the Empty Plinth at the North West […]

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: Art, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, London, Long Reads, Public spaces, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales

The weeds spring in the city of Athens

December 11, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek click here or look under ‘Athens for your eyes only’ The weeds come out from the breakage of the asphalt, at the edges of roads and pavements, from cracks of the walls. I am walking in Athens, a solemn day of December. I look down at my boots; first day I wear them again this new winter. My socks got soaked yesterday from splashing around the brooks formed after a few hours of rain. Not in the countryside, […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only • Tags: Athens Greece, City, Cultural travel, Photography, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales

Girona, the gestures of a city

November 30, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

Promoting the benefits from the embracing of Cultural Heritage & Ecology, these posts feature in En & Gr thoroughly edited and researched, illustrated by my photos. Enjoy the journey!                                                                                2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved        Night in the old city of Girona, city […]

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: City, Cultural travel, Long Reads, Photography, Spain, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales

I have been awarded a Liebster Blog Award!

November 24, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

And as I am trying to keep my travel spirit while in Athens, photographing street art amid demonstrations and strikes, I get the Liebster Award from the wonderful http://www.2guystrippin.com/ It is such a great surprise! Thanks guys! It is a recognition and a honor for my first few months of blogging. The Liebster Award is awarded to up and coming bloggers. I checked the details and I had a slight panic! lol Now I am working on it…let you know […]

Categories: Awards • Tags: Liebster Blog Award, Travel

If you listen to the silences of Athens….

November 19, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved  Constitution square, Athens, November 2012   It is Sunday, around 4 o’ clock in […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only • Tags: Athens Greece, City, Europe, Long Reads, Photography, Travel, Writing

Photographing again in Athens

November 4, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved 4 November 2012 The last years we have been hearing that it is dangerous […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only, My Travel Journals • Tags: Art, Athens Greece, City, Cultural heritage, Culture, Greece, Ελλάδα, Photography, Public spaces, Solo traveling, Travel, Urban travel tales

Κάντε έναν περίπατο στην άγνωστη Βυζαντινή Κέα

November 3, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

For English please click here  3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι αναρτήσεις είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, συνοδευόμενα από τις φωτογραφίες μου. Η προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας εμπνέεται από το όραμα να δω τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, πιο φιλικό και ασφαλή. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα μπορεί να βρει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη του και τη στοχευμένη του δημιουργικότητα. 2012 © […]

Categories: Greek islands, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια • Tags: Ελλάδα, Ελληνικά νησιά, Κυκλάδες, Κέα, Κέα/Τζιά, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Πολιτισμός, Ταξίδι, Τζιά/Κέα, Φωτογραφία

Take a walk in the unseen side of the Greek island of Kea, from the Byzantine times

November 3, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

To read the post in Greek please click here  3X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity. 2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved – Updated October 10, 2017 Many groups […]

Categories: Greek islands • Tags: Art, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Greece, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Photography, Travel

My Hotel, My Castle in Catalonia / Mi Hotel, Mi Castillo en Cataluña

October 14, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

(For Greek click here, or look under: Greek, Ταξιδιωτική Αφήγηση ) 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved I have a special […]

Categories: My Travel Journals, Stories not so Short • Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Europe, Solo traveling, Spain, Travel, Urban travel tales

Venice: time and water, a loving and dangerous liaison

October 7, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

(For Greek click here, or look under Greek: Ταξιδιωτική Αφήγηση, ‘Βενετία: χρόνος και νερό, ένας τρυφερός και επικίνδυνος δεσμός’)  X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2012 © […]

Categories: My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts, Stories not so Short • Tags: Art, City, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Europe, Gardens, Italy, Long Reads, Nature, Photography, Public spaces, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales, Writing

Urban Gardens in Milan

September 16, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

(For Greek click here, or look under Greek: Ταξιδιωτική Αφήγηση ‘Αστικοί Κήποι στο Μιλάνο’) 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity. 2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved […]

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: Cultural travel, Culture, Design, Europe, Gardens urban, Italy, journalism, Life, Long Reads, Nature, Photography, Travel, Urban travel tales

To the Lighthouse of Saint Nicolas/ Προς το Φάρο του Άη Νικόλα

August 24, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

3X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 focused on Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Here you find authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched with my photos. They host a traveller’s approach and the vision for a safer world, a home where everyone may find the space to experience active love, to explore purposeful creativity. 2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved – revised MARCH 2019 Lighthouses may look terrifying as they stand isolated up on the rocks at the […]

Categories: Greek islands, Απόψεις, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals, Reflections on love and other arts, Stories not so Short • Tags: Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Ecology, Film Locations in Greece, Greek beacons, Greek islands, το στενό του Λάμπρου Κατσώνη, Βουρκάρι, Ελληνικοί φάροι, Κόκκα, Κέα/Τζιά, Κέα/Τζιά βιομηχανικές ζώνες 19ου αιώνα, Ο φάρος του Αγίου Νικολάου, Ο Φάρος της Κέας, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Τζιά/Κέα, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Life, Literature, Nature, Saint Nicolas lighthouse, Tzia/Kea, Vourkari, Writing

With a book I travel, when is taken literally

August 20, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

Originally posted on javiermariasblog:
THE MAN OF FELLING ALL SOULS A HEART SO WHITE TOMORROW IN THE BATTLE THINK ON ME Modern Classics Penguin Essential Spain Fecha de publicación: 1 de agosto de 2012 También en ebook

Categories: Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals • Tags: City, Cultural travel, Culture, Europe, Literature, Love, Solo traveling, Spain, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

Mad love goes to the beach / Ο τρελός έρωτας πάει στην παραλία

July 10, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

(for the Greek text please see after the photos/ παρακαλώ αναζητήστε το Ελληνικό κείμενο μετά τις φωτογραφίες)   I grew up in the city. Longer stays in the countryside were scheduled for school holidays. Sunday excursions to the outskirts of Athens informed my school compositions with the title ‘ A Sunday with my family’, a topic that throughout elementary school our teachers felt compelled to ask us to write about. The best among them were to be read out  in […]

Categories: Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια, My Travel Journals, Poetic prose, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Art, Culture, Δημόσιοι χώροι, Ελλάδα, Λογοτεχνία, Ταξίδι, Φωτογραφία, Literature, Long Reads, Love, Nature, Photography, Poetic prose, Public spaces, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales

Προς την αρχαία Καρθαία, στη νήσο Κέα

July 2, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

for English Walking the trail to the ancient Karthea, at the Greek island of Kea 3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι αναρτήσεις είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, συνοδευόμενα από τις φωτογραφίες μου. Η προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας εμπνέεται από το όραμα να δω τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, πιο φιλικό και ασφαλή. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα μπορεί να βρει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την […]

Categories: Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια • Tags: Archaeology Mediterranean, Greece, Αρχαιολογία Μεσόγειος, Ελλάδα, Ελληνικά νησιά, Κυκλάδες, Κέα, Κέα/Τζιά, Καρθαία, Οικολογία, Ταξίδι, Τζιά/Κέα, Φωτογραφία, Long Reads, memory, Travel, Urban travel tales

So is the skin / Έτσι είναι το δέρμα

May 28, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2012 © Copyright. All rights reserved They have carried it up the stairs, six floors.  When I opened the door their […]

Categories: Athens for your eyes only, Poetic prose, Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Athens Greece, City, Culture, Greek Literature, Αθήνα, Ελληνική Λογοτεχνία, Η Πόλη με τους εργένηδες, Λογοτεχνία, Life, Literature, Love, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales, Writing

New York windows

May 12, 2012 by Lisa Samloglou

 3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  New York, December 2011: The iron staircases of New York would not have been the same without the narrow-long windows, which […]

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“Μπαμπά μην Ξαναπεθάνεις Παρασκευή…” από τη Τζιά, άλλως Κέα

March 5, 2017 by Lisa Samloglou

3Χ βραβευμένο Blog από το Μάιο 2012 για την προώθηση της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς & της Οικολογίας. Οι αναρτήσεις είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας και επιμέλειας, συνοδευόμενα από τις φωτογραφίες μου. Η προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας εμπνέεται από το όραμα να δω τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, πιο φιλικό και ασφαλή. Ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα μπορεί να βρει το χώρο για να εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη του και τη στοχευμένη του δημιουργικότητα. 2017 © Copyright.  All rights reserved Στο […]

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On Reading a Painting

January 31, 2017 by Lisa Samloglou

3 X Awarded Blog on Cultural Travel since May 2012 for the promotion of Cultural Heritage & Ecology. Authentic posts in En/Gr thoroughly edited and researched, with my photos. A traveller’s approach inspired by my vision  to see the world more beautiful, more friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity.  2017 © Copyright. All rights reserved What is your first impression when you look at an image? The photo-card of a […]

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