Urban travel tales

Discovering sweet delights in Athens, traditional & healthy

October 20, 2018 by Lisa Samloglou

Τhe blog urban travel tales since its start in May 2012 aims at reminding the wealth of Cultural Heritage and the urgent need to take action for the protection of the environment. The blog has been awarded 3 times by blogger groups. The posts uploaded are my original texts that appear here for the first time, thoroughly researched, edited or experienced. My approach is that of a traveler’s, not a tourist’s. The photos are all my own, unless otherwise stated […]

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

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Σαββόπουλος, Μια βραδιά στο Ηρώδειο

September 27, 2018 by Lisa Samloglou

Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου φωτογραφίες, σε άλλη περίπτωση αναφέρεται η πηγή. Οποιαδήποτε αναδημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή του περιεχομένου καλύπτεται […]

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

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Lost in interpretation

February 14, 2017 by Lisa Samloglou

The blog urban travel tales since its start in May 2012 aims at reminding the wealth of Cultural Heritage and the urgent need to take action for the protection of the environment. The blog has been awarded 3 times by blogger groups. The posts uploaded are my original texts that appear here for the first time, thoroughly researched, edited or experienced. My approach is that of a traveler’s, not a tourist’s. The photos are all my own, unless otherwise stated […]

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

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τα Αρχαία Ελληνικά στέρεα πατήματα στα μονοπάτια που θα διαβαίνουμε

June 5, 2016 by Lisa Samloglou

αρχαία πατήματα, μονοπάτια, Αμοργός, Μάιος 2015 © Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου φωτογραφίες, σε άλλη περίπτωση αναφέρεται η πηγή. Οποιαδήποτε […]

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 Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου φωτογραφίες, σε άλλη περίπτωση αναφέρεται η πηγή. Οποιαδήποτε αναδημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή του […]

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 The blog urban travel tales since its start in May 2012 aims at reminding the wealth of Cultural Heritage and the urgent need to take action for the protection of the environment. The blog has been awarded 3 times by blogger groups. The posts uploaded are my original texts that appear here for the first time, thoroughly researched, edited or experienced. My approach is that of a traveler’s, not a tourist’s. The photos are all my own, […]

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

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Οι Κόρες της Κέας και η Αγία Ειρήνη

October 1, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For English: http://to.ly/pjzN Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου φωτογραφίες, σε άλλη περίπτωση αναφέρεται η πηγή. Οποιαδήποτε αναδημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή του περιεχομένου […]

Categories: Greek islands, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια • Tags: Αρχαιολογία Μεσόγειος, Δημόσιοι χώροι, Ελλάδα, Ελληνικά νησιά, Κυκλάδες, Κέα, Κέα/Τζιά, Μουσεία Ελλάδα, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Πολιτισμός, Long Reads, Photography, Travel, Urban travel tales

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In the town I was born: Athens

September 24, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek: http://to.ly/pi65 2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved; initial post 20 October 2013 – revised March 2018 incident number 1: The clash, the stone-throwing, the tear gas started at 10:30 in the evening, on Saturday 21st September 2013. The location is not far from the centre of Athens, regardless of whether we measure from the old centre Omonoia, or the new, Syntagma. For a city of this dimension Athens’ centre is not large. So, here I am driving up […]

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

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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 visionÂ Â 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 […]

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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 visionÂ Â 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 a better place, beautiful, open, 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 to go with photos from […]

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

Από την Marsiliana d’Albegna, Νεκρόπολη Banditella,

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

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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

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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 Τhe blog urban travel tales since its start in May 2012 aims at reminding the wealth of Cultural Heritage and the urgent need to take action for the protection of the environment. The blog has been awarded 3 times by blogger groups. The posts uploaded are my original texts that appear here for the first time, thoroughly researched, edited or experienced. My approach is that of a traveler’s, not a tourist’s. The […]

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

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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 a better place, beautiful, open, friendly, safer. A home where everyone may find the space for active love and purposeful creativity. 2013 © Copyright. All rights reserved – revised 2019 A tree is blooming at the Greek island of Kea Last August, […]

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

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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 visionÂ Â 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

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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 visionÂ Â 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

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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 © […]

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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 visionÂ Â 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

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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 visionÂ Â 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 visionÂ Â 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 visionÂ Â 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 […]

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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 […]

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Richmond Upon Thames, Surrey, UK, Samloglou 2019 ©

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

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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 […]

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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 Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου […]

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 visionÂ Â 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 rightsÂ 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

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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 visionÂ Â 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 […]

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: City, Culture, New York, Photography, Solo traveling, Travel, Urban travel tales

Some thoughts on a Friday night at the 2d lockdown #pandemic

November 20, 2020 by Lisa Samloglou

Categories: My Travel Journals • Tags: ClimateEmergency, Cyclades, Ecology, FridaysforFuture, Greece, Greek islands, Kea island, Seascapes, Travel

urban travel tales, Athens Classic Marathon

Save the spirit of the 31st Athens Classic Marathon

November 10, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

Categories: Athens for your eyes only • Tags: Athens Greece, Cultural heritage, Cultural travel, Culture, Greece, Ελλάδα, journalism, Life, Photography, Public spaces, Travel, Urban metaphors, Urban travel tales

urban travel tales, Kea/Tzia, Ioulida, Chora,, Greece, Cyclades

Απολαυστικές στάσεις στη Χώρα, άλλως Ιουλίδα, της Κυκλαδίτικης Κέας

October 21, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

To read this post in English please click here.⬇https://urbantraveltales.wordpress.com/2013/10/20/rewarding-stops-at-chora-or-ioulida-of-the-cycladic-island-of-kea/ Το blog urban travel tales από το Μάιο 2012 που ξεκίνησε στοχεύει να υπενθυμίζει τον πλούτο της Πολιτιστικής Κληρονομιάς και την ανάγκη άμεσης δραστηριοποίησης για τη προστασία του περιβάλλοντος. Έχει βραβευτεί 3 φορές από ομάδες bloggers. Τα κείμενα που αναρτώνται είναι πρωτοεμφανιζόμενα κείμενα μου, αποτέλεσμα ενδελεχούς έρευνας, επιμέλειας και προσωπικής εμπειρίας. Η προσέγγιση μου είναι η ταξιδιωτική της αναζήτησης, όχι η τουριστική. Συνοδεύονται από δικές μου φωτογραφίες, σε άλλη περίπτωση αναφέρεται […]

Categories: Greek islands, Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια • Tags: Greece, Greek islands, Αρχαιολογία Μεσόγειος, Ελλάδα, Ελληνικά νησιά, Κυκλάδες, Κέα/Τζιά, Μουσεία Ελλάδα, Πολιτιστική κληρονομιά, Ταξίδι, Τζιά/Κέα, Φωτογραφία, Urban travel tales