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Save the spirit of the 31st Athens Classic Marathon

November 10, 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 31st Athens Classic Marathon – November 10, 2013 dedicated to the memory of Grigoris Lamprakis The city of Athens celebrates today. More than 30.000 runners […]

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

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In the town I was born: Athens

September 24, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek: http://to.ly/pi65 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; 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 […]

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

urban travel tales, Puglia, Apulia, Fiesta di Santa Vittoria, Spongano

Places that console me: Puglia, Apulia

September 21, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For Greek http://to.ly/p90L 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 In my travels of the […]

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

urban travel tales, Puglia, Apulia, Fiesta di Santa Vittoria

Τόποι που με παρηγορούν, Απούλια, Puglia, Apulia

September 21, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

for English http://to.ly/p90S Ο στόχος του blog μου: Να προβάλλω τα ευεργετήματα που προκύπτουν όταν αγκαλιάζουμε την Πολιτιστική Κληρονομιά και την Οικολογία. Οι αναρτήσεις Ελληνικά και Αγγλικά γίνονται κατόπιν ενδελεχούς επιμέλειας και έρευνας, με δικές μου φωτογραφίες. Απολαύστε το ταξίδι! Εμπνέομαι από τη προσέγγιση της ταξιδιώτισσας, όχι της τουρίστριας και από την επιθυμία να μοιραστώ αυτήν την οπτική για να κάνουμε τον κόσμο πιο όμορφο, ένα σπίτι όπου ο καθένας θα βρίσκει το χώρο όπου θα εκφράζει ενεργητικά την αγάπη […]

Categories: Ταξιδιωτικά μου Ημερολόγια • Tags: Cultural travel, Culture, Design, Italy, πόλη, Δημόσιοι χώροι, Ιταλία, Ταξίδι, Life, Public spaces, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing

a bench with a view

March 26, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

This blog post is an experiment in poetic prose matched with photos from the island of Kea or Tzia that have inspired it. It has been reviewed by the highly acclaimed Exile Room, an art space and very active non-profit organisation operating at the centre of Athens “obsessed” with promoting and educating on the art and practice of documentaries. The last years in the Exile Room they show regularly distinctive documentaries from the international scene; they also organise seminars and host the most hospitable […]

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

urban travel tales, Athens National Garden

Where have they gone the monkeys Mom?

March 21, 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 It is Sunday, a warm day of 18 C/65 F, when in London is -1/-30.2 F and in New York +2/35.6 F. In Greece we are blessed with a mild weather and an enticing light. In the National Garden, at the center of Athens, next to the Parliament, people are […]

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urban travel tales,Tomb at Toumba Building, Lefkandi

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

March 15, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

For GREEK http://to.ly/kvJe 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 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 […]

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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 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 As in fairy tales we stand uncertain at crossroads. As pilgrims we share stories along the way, from the writer/blogger Lisa Samloglou, 2013 The starting point is Korissia, the harbor of Kea. The Cycladic island is also known by […]

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urbantraveltales, spring at Greek island, Kea

Walking by the sea after a long winter…

February 25, 2013 by Lisa Samloglou

Usually the words come first. Today, looking at the photos from my first walk by the sea, I have no words. Words do not serve me. What I need are brushes and a huge palette of paints to catch the arrival of spring after a long cold angry winter that took us by surprise. The intensity of the weather left some of us deeply wounded. We turn to nature to find a shelter for our uncertainties. To see a sign of the regeneration we are […]

Categories: Reflections on love and other arts • Tags: Cultural travel, Greek islands, Kea island, Kea/Tzia, Nature, Photography, Public spaces, Travel, Urban travel tales, Writing