tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53894438099370401902024-02-19T04:37:13.005+02:00Athens WalkerTips, observations, pictures & ideas from walking around in Athens, Greece.AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.comBlogger148125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-11730460368482939072016-07-16T02:55:00.000+03:002019-02-16T23:01:25.634+02:00Syntagma Square: Change of the guard<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Two Greek soldiers in the traditional uniform of the <i>"Evzonas"</i> (which means "well-armed") stand in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier and the Greek Parliament. Every hour of the day, on the hour, there is a change of the guard that Greeks and tourists gather to watch.</div>
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On <b>Sunday, at 11:00 am </b>however, a special, full-fledged ceremony takes place, with a whole regiment of <i>Evzones</i> and a military band accompanying the change of the guard. Arrive at least 15' early to catch a good view. You won't be able to stand as close to the guards as on the other hours and days but it's worth it. The Evzones come out of their barracks, located at Maximou St. - at the backside of the National Garden-, they march down Leoforos Vassilissis Sofias, which gets cordoned off for the occasion, and then turn left on Leoforos Amalias, in front of the Parliament.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The <i>Evzones</i> arrive at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, in front of the Greek Parliament, for Sunday's ceremonial change of the guard</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A full regiment of Evzones accompany Sunday's 11:00am change of the guard, in front of the Greek Parliament</td></tr>
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The <i>Evzones</i> perform some elaborate routine, to replace the guards of the previous hours with the new ones, and then the national anthem is played by the military band. It's a moving moment, even for people like yours truly, who don't generally care much about ceremonies and flag waving crowds.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Crowds gathered around to watch, locals and tourists alike.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...Going back to the Guard's barracks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Marching along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, towards the Guard's barracks.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Evzones marching back to their barracks in the National Garden, along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, after the Sunday, 11:00 am Change of the Guard.</td></tr>
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The Evzonas uniform is a result of painstaking work, leading to a complicated, hand-made whole, with the kilt-like <i>foustanela</i> having 400 pleats (representing the 400 years of slavery under the Ottomans), a leather belt, hard-leather shoes called <i>tsarouhia</i> bearing metal-reinforced soles, etc. The typical Evzonas or tsolias uniform depicted here and in most tourist souvenirs is the "summer uniform" which was the traditional uniform in the continental, southern part of Greece. During the cold season, the Evzones wear an alternative winter uniform, from the region of Macedonia, while on special occasions they may wear traditional uniforms from the islands or from the Pontus (Black Sea) area.</div>
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You may combine watching the change of the guard with a <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/2011/06/visit-to-presidential-mansions-garden.html" target="_blank">visit to the garden of the Presidential Mansion</a>, right after the ceremony. </div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-35556733471877820282016-07-15T03:05:00.000+03:002018-01-04T22:42:54.926+02:00"Walking" some more... (personal thoughts with a touch of mystery)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Last night I finally made it.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I got out of the house, the cool night breeze hitting me in the face, and walked into the night. There was nothing particular about this walk. Familiar pavements, familiar buildings, the usual neighborhood shops that I hurriedly pass-by or drive-by every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">But it was a walk none the less. Detached from the daily routine, forgetful of my endless to-do lists, away from my screens and monitors, just walking in the almost empty streets. It cleansed my mind of ideas and worries and just reminded me of why I decided to name this blog the way I did, years ago. I would become a "night-guide" to foreign visitors willing, but afraid, to venture out into the dark streets of Athens. I would discreetly accompany them on long, purposeless walks, in the bland neighborhoods and the outer suburbs, just so they could <span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">absorb</span> the feeling of the place. I would tell them about life here and, if they so felt, I'd listen to their stories as well. I would show them the vistas, the hidden corners and the dangerous streets that tourists never get to see. The odd, the plain, the uninspiring, the magic. Connections would form and ideas for new stories and maybe even books would be born. And I would walk and get paid for it on top!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Athens or not, a Walker I shall remain!</span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-76493736436562697432015-12-27T18:56:00.000+02:002016-08-29T01:31:52.295+03:00Walking along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue (pt.3)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<i>This is the third and final part of my phooto walk along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue. Here are <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.be/2015/11/walking-along-vassilissis-sofias-avenue.html" target="_blank">part 1</a> and <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2015/12/walking-along-vassilissis-sofias-avenue.html" target="_blank">part 2</a>.</i><br />
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Above and besides the Megaro Moussikis Metro Station, you'll see a park called Parko Eleftherias. The main feature is a bronze statue of former Greek Statesman Eleftherios Venizelos, seen here with the <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2011/02/lykavittos-hill-aka-lykavettos-hill-aka.html" target="_blank">Hill of Lycabettus</a> in the background.</div>
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Right next to it you have the building that lends its name to the metro station and is one of the major modern landmarks of Athens. The <a href="http://www.megaron.gr/default.asp?la=2" target="_blank">Athens Concert Hall</a> (literally 'Mansion of Music' in Greek) which was inaugurated in 1991, after almost 40 years of planning and works. Ever since, it has become the main place for classical music concerts (and more) in Greece. A "sister Concert Hall" was created in Thessaloniki in 2000. A few years ago, the Conceret Hall's building was complemented with the restoration / creation of a park in the surrounding landscape, in the form of a garden that is referred to as <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2010/09/parko-rizari-newest-park-in-athens.html" target="_blank">Parko Eleftherias (the second half of it) or simply as the Garden of the Athens Concert Hall</a>.</div>
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I don't have a photo of the US Embassy as, quite frankly, I avoid taking a picture of it for fear of being black-listed as a dangerous element or something... I will however, post a photo that does not belong to me (for the first and last time) and which comes from the 1960's when it was first built. It was a really beautiful building at the time, in full harmony with its surroundings, but now it has become something of a concrete monster and a fortress, due to the continuous upgrading of security measures. [Do contact me if you know anything about the source of this photograph].</div>
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After "the Embassy", there's the small Mavili Square which for many years had been an Athens after-hours hang-out. Cafeterias, bars, a pastry-shop and the most famous sandwich shop in late night Athens.</div>
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The last part of Vassilissis Sofias gets increasingly impersonal and dissolves into the <i>Ambelokipi</i> neighborhood which stands for “vineyards” but is now one of the most densely built areas of Athens. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance of a most characteristic block of flats, at the corner of Vassilissis Sofias and Xenias St., Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Athens Tower 1 (left) has been Greece's tallest building since 1971.</td></tr>
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After the towers you come to a major intersection. The continuation of Vassilissis Sofias is called Kifissias Avenue, as it leads to the northern suburb of Kifissia. To the right you have Fidipiddou St., and to the left you have <a href="http://The last part of Vassilissis Sofias gets increasingly impersonal and dissolves into the Ambelokipi neighborhood which stands for “vineyards” but is now one of the most densely built areas of Athens. " target="_blank">Alexandras Avenue, which I have already presented in a similar post years ago</a>.</div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">This is part 2 of my photo walk along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, in central Athens. For part 1 <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.be/2015/11/walking-along-vassilissis-sofias-avenue.html" target="_blank">go here</a>.</span></i><br />
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Athens Hilton to your right, behind a major triangular intersection of Vassilissis Sofias, Vassileos Konstantinou and
Vassileos Alexandrou. In the middle of this intersection there's an iconic, modern Athens
landmark: the statue of <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Dromeas</i></b> (the Runner) that used to
sit on Omonia Square
(from 1988 to 2000) but was relocated here due to the Metro works.
Coincidentally, its new location sits right on the path of the Classic Athens
Marathon (the Marathon-Athens Marathon) about 1.5km before the finish line. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">After Hilton, Vassilissis
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">At 77Α Vassilissis Sofias, you come across this small memorial sculpture. It comemmorates a sad page in Greece's modern history; the assassination of Greek diplomat and conservative politician <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ion_Dragoumis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ion Dragoumis</a>, in 1920, by a group of political opponents, who suspected him of having orchestrated an assassination attempt against then prime-minister Eleftherios Venizelos. On the side looking at the street there's a short poem written for the memorial, by Dragoumis contemprary, poet <a href="http://www.britannica.com/biography/Kostis-Palamas" target="_blank">Kostis Palamas</a>.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Iridanou St., to the right of Vassilissis Sofias, with the Agios Charalambos church and <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.be/2010/08/parko-illission-aka-illisia-park-aka.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ilissia Park</a> in the background; Hymittos Mountain in the far back, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The interesection of Michalakopoulou St. w/ Vassilissis Sofias, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A block of flats with a most unusual division in two parts, forming something of a residential tunnel; Corner of Michalakopoulou St. & Vassilissis Sofias Ave., Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-41352253123921200292015-11-28T03:48:00.004+02:002016-08-29T01:36:31.407+03:00Walking along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue (pt.1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Previous posts presenting Athens streets have proven to be quite popular, so here is a short (photo-) essay in three parts, presenting one of the central avenues of Athens. <i>Vassilissis
Sofias</i> (Queen Sophia’s) Avenue, is one of the largest and oldest avenues of the
capital of Greece and probably the most beautiful one. Travel guides often
refer to it as <span style="background-color: white;">“<span style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Museum Lane</span>”</span>
due to the high concentration of <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/p/athens-museums.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">museums</a> nearby. There are four museums along it (Theocharakis, Benaki, Byzantine & Christian, War)
and another two on adjacent streets half a block away (Cycladic Art and National Gallery).
As a mostly wide-paved, tree-lined boulevard, it is much more pleasant to walk than the average Athens street. Here are some of the main spots of
interest, starting from Syntagma
Square, with the Grande Bretagne Hotel on your
back and walking upwards.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The start of Vassilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens, Greece - The Greek Parliament to the right, Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the left and Hymittos Mountain in the far background. The Grande Bretagne hotel is behind me.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">On your <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">right hand side</i> there’s the city’s largest
block, with the building of the Greek Parliament (initially built as a Royal Palace
in 1843) standing prominent over the city center.
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Flower-shops right next to the Parliament building, Athens, Greece; they have been in operation in this same location since around 1930.</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Right after the Parliament, in the same block, is the National Garden. It’s the most
interesting urban park in Athens
and you’ll come to appreciate its shade and calmness if you walk around this
area in the summer. One of its entrances is on Vassilissis Sofias, right
across Sekeri St.. Continuing on the right, at the corner with Rigillis St.
you’ll see the Sarogleio Mansion, built in 1932 to house the Greek
Armed Forces Officers’ Club. Soon after, you’ll come across the Byzantine & Christian Museum and the War Museum
before reaching Evangelismos Metro Station (Metro Line 3). </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Sarogleio Mansion - Greek Armed Forces' Officers Club</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Going back to the beginning, on the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">left hand side</i> </span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">of the avenue </span>this time, Vasilissis Sofias starts
with various buildings of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in various architectural styles, and a large
mansion housing the Embassy of Egypt, the first in a long string of foreign embassies
all along, or near, Vassilissis Sofias. At the corner with
Merlin St.
sits the Theocharakis Museum of Visual Arts while two roads later you have the
<a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/2014/07/impressions-from-benaki-museum.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">main building of the Benaki Museum</a> (at the
intersection with Koumbari St.)
and the <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/2013/02/my-impressions-from-museum-of-cycladic.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cycladic Art Museum</a> at 4 Neofytou Douka St. These are all part
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sculpture adorning a front-yard, at the posh Kolonaki area, along Vasilissis Sofias Avenue, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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But, let's make a pause at Evangelismos Metro Station and come back in December for <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2015/12/walking-along-vassilissis-sofias-avenue.html" target="_blank">part 2</a> of my photographic walk along Vassilissis Sofias Avenue.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But so be it! The writer in me is sorry, but the blogger has no other choice.</span></span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-30323797259263124562015-07-28T23:24:00.000+03:002016-03-06T23:04:06.877+02:00Cheap flights from the USA to Athens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="line-height: 115%;">The results aren't really that surprising - if you want a cheap summer flight to Athens you're out of luck - but the tool does help you to come up with some ideas and focus your search a bit, if you're not really set on certain dates. </span></span></span></div>
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Chicago O'Hare, Dallas, Houston Bush, NY JFK, Newark, San Francisco, Seattle,
Washington Reagan, Washington Dulles) the <i>cheapest flights are during the winter</i>. So, if you're a New Yorker start your search by LaGuardia in the fall and JFK or Newark in the winter, not that the one is necessarily cheaper than the other (different airlines use different hubs). So, maybe this is just a publicity trick and I took the bait! But it's a good reason to start you thinking about a non-summer vacation to Greece, especially if you're less tolerant to heat and you live in a place that enjoys a reasonable amount of sunshine in itself. </span></span></span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-58253876543879251352015-07-09T01:49:00.000+03:002015-10-10T21:58:15.404+03:00Latest events in Greece and your vacation (pt. 2) - Continuous updates /snapshots of life in Athens (latest: July 22)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I find it hard to hit the streets and post photographs of sunsets, buildings and the like these days. I'm sure you understand why... So, in this evolving post I will give you snapshots of daily life in Athens as the latest episode in "the Greek financial crisis" unfolds.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Also, following my <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2015/06/latest-greek-political-events-EU-vacation-banks.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> ten days ago (that seem like an age the way things are running) I will post here (and update when necessary) articles that are worth reading in order to get a full and concise grasp of the situation in Greece. I have done it <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2011/06/cracking-noise-current-situation-in.html" target="_blank">in the past</a> and always provided a clear picture for visitors and all people interested in the situation in Greece. In recent days, a great number of Greeks living abroad, mostly Greek-Americans or Greek-Australians, have been talking out of their @ss about the situation in Greece and the need to be "heroic" and the like. Sure, when you have your big, safe house in New Jersey to go back to every night, it's easy to ask people 5,000 miles away to satisfy your morbid fantasies of traditional Greek "heroism".</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">But I like Americans as a whole, so I won't stick to that. I just had to get it out of my system!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">So, here's the one insightful political analysis that you need to read about the current Greek government: "<i><a href="http://www.grreporter.info/en/referendum_was_one_biggest_frauds_greece%E2%80%99s_modern_political_history/12967" target="_blank">The referendum was one of the biggest frauds in Greece’s modern political history</a></i>" (posted in GR Reporter).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The other big news of the day (<b>Wed., 8 July 2015</b>) was the pulverizing <i><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P84tN0z4jqM" target="_blank">speech of Liberal MP Guy Verhofstadt in the European Parliament</a></i> today, in a plenary session with Greek Prime-Minister Alexis Tsipras, which has been watched and re-watched by millions of people throughout Europe. You need to watch this <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P84tN0z4jqM" target="_blank">7min50sec video</a>, especially if you're a Greek expat and you think you know what's happening in the country! Finally, here's a good attempt for a balanced perspective from a Greek professor working in the UK: <i><a href="http://htsoukas.blogspot.gr/2015/07/half-truths-in-greek-crisis-conceal-big.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Half-truths in the Greek crisis conceal the big picture</a></i> (by Haridimos Tsoukas).</span></span></div>
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<![endif]--><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Fri., 25 July 2015: </b>Almost impossible to find "Lucozade
Lemon" in supermarkets. Only the crappy "Lucozade Orange" available.
I was told by a manager that as neither of them is a very big seller they are
not prioritized in the supermarket's procurement policy in light of capital controls. "Necessities" first. I get furious thinking
of the pretentious idiot who will find it appropriate to say something ironic
about this. On related news, I read a Facebook post by a farmer saying tomato seeds
imports are not prioritized either, by the special government committee set up
to oversee the regulation of imports (and exportation of cash).</span></span></div>
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Why don't you <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/AthensWalker" target="_blank">follow me on Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/AthensWalker-blog/232083876806647?ref=hl" target="_blank">Facebook</a>?</span></span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-58809327357355000362015-06-27T03:10:00.002+03:002015-07-12T01:54:19.889+03:00Latest Greek political events: "We Stay in Europe" rally, bank run, your Greek vacation and travel advice (update)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"We Stay in Europe" : A pro European rally was organized last week in Syntagma Square, in front of the Greek Parliament</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">I have deliberately avoided discussing politics in this blog, even though, as a typical Greek I am fiercely interested in the country's political life. My difference from the typical Greek is that I don't feel compelled to incessantly spew my opinion on others. Well, I'm going to make a small exception <strike>today</strike> tonight.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Two hours ago (at around 1:00am at night) the current Greek Prime-minister, following a 5-month long <i>nationalist-socialist rhetoric and practice</i> (with constant threats to dissenting TV stations, newspapers, journalists and even cartoonists), announced his government's intention to carry out a referendum on a tentative deal offered to the Greek government by its international creditors (the text of which the average Greek citizen has of course not seen). EU leaders will most likely say that this is a referendum on staying in or out of the Euro. It is doubtful (if not outright impossible) that the government will be able to organize such a referendum in just 8 days and if it does try to pull it through in such short notice I doubt about its validity and legitimacy.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Meanwhile, Greek banks are <a href="http://www.tovima.gr/en/article/?aid=716158" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on life-support from the European Central Bank</a> and people have been constantly withdrawing cash from their bank accounts or transferring their savings abroad. The current government's decision has already sent people rushing to ATMs in the middle of the night, making the bank-run inevitable to hide any longer, as Greek TV stations are now reporting.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As far as you're directly concerned, this decision is essentially setting a <i>bomb under the Greek tourist season</i> which <a href="http://greece.greekreporter.com/2015/06/24/2-drop-in-charter-flights-to-greek-airports/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">has already been affected</a> by the long-standing, fruitless, negotiating show.</span></span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Syntagma Square last Monday</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">Last week, a pro-European rally titled "We stay in Europe" was organized through social media. About 10,000 to 20,000 people were present. I have no doubt that -sooner or later- the European side of Greece will prevail.</span></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some Greeks still have the merchant's mentality alive in them: A hot dog stand before last week's rally at Syntagma Square...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...and a seller of Greek flags and whistles (the rally organizer's suggested "weapon" for waking up the government)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The statue of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleftherios_Venizelos" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eleftherios Venizelos</a> - a true Greek statesman - at the courtyard of the Greek Parliament.</td></tr>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-48123134878709116072015-05-01T00:01:00.000+03:002015-07-10T19:03:20.676+03:00English-language, new Greek musical suggestions<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am taking a break from my usual photographic or food-related endeavors to serve you a post full of music that I've been compiling for quite some time now. After the new, a.k.a. "weird", Greek cinema we now have a Greek wave of English-language, indie, musical acts trying to break through into the international scene. The Swedes did it about 10-20 years ago, so why not the Greeks?</div>
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A few are using elements of Greek musical forms and tradition while others are vying for the "mainstream" part of the indie scene armed with lyrical melodies and lots of synthesizers. Some are trying, or have managed, to already garner some attention. Some music experts, like Rock'n'Roll Hall of Fame voting member Yannis Petridis, claim that Greek singers will be seen / treated as something of an exotic fruit by international audiences with the expectation of some... Greekness in them. So, they either have to offer that, or be ready to relocate to some English-speaking country where they can become part of that local scene. Or both.</div>
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A few Athens radio stations and a local mobile network operator are supporting this musical movement and are helping to build a local base for these new Greek artists, providing air-time for their songs, usually without mentioning the country of origin, perhaps as a test of their popularity potential. Support them and this blog by buying their music through the Amazon links below. </div>
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Acid Baby Jesus</h3>
A warping, psychedelic sound that you feel compelled to surrender to. One of the biggest names in this list in terms of international acclaim. Here are a few articles about them:<br />
<a href="http://pitchfork.com/thepitch/476-shake-appeal/" target="_blank">Shake Appeal</a> (Pitchfork, 2014-09-08) <br />
<a href="http://www.brooklynvegan.com/archives/2014/11/greek_psych_ban.html" target="_blank">Greek psych band Acid Baby Jesus ready new LP (stream it)</a> (Brooklyn Vegan, 2014-11-13) <br />
<a href="http://www.cmj.com/news/listen-acid-baby-jesus-selected-recordings/" target="_blank">Listen: Acid Baby Jesus – Selected Recordings</a> (CMJ, 2014-11-14)<br />
European <a href="http://acidbabyjesus.com/" target="_blank">tour planned</a> for May-July 2015, including an Athens show on June 6.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=acid%20baby%20jesus&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=Acid%20Baby%20Je%2Caps%2C1102&tag=athens02-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=BPX5NC5I6ZXRRLSV" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a>,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&field-keywords=Acid%20Baby%20Jesus&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AAcid%20Baby%20Jesus&tag=athewalk-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&field-keywords=Acid%20baby%20jesus&linkCode=ur2&tag=athewalk0c-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.fr</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-fr.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk0c-21&l=ur2&o=8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=3626&creative=24822&field-keywords=Acid%20Baby%20Jesus&linkCode=ur2&tag=athewalk04-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.es,</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-es.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk04-21&l=ur2&o=30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
<a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=Acid%20Baby%20Jesus&linkCode=ur2&site-redirect=de&tag=athewalk02-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.de</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-de.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk02-21&l=ur2&o=3" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Baby Guru</h3>
You can read about this psychedelic-rock band on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_Guru" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> and on their <a href="http://babyguruband.com/" target="_blank">own website</a>. MTV Iggy hailed them as one of "<a href="http://babyguruband.com/Our-5-Best-Musical-Discoveries-from-CMJ-2014" target="_blank">our best 5 musical discoveries from CMJ 2014</a>". Check them out for yourselves on <a href="https://youtu.be/BAX40In5vH8" target="_blank">YouTube</a> and their <a href="https://soundcloud.com/babyguruband" target="_blank">SoundCloud</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1789&creative=390957&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=Baby%20Guru&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430561692&rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3ABaby%20Guru&rnid=2941120011&tag=athens02-20&linkId=OHWFZTHYNKSJXRO2" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&field-keywords=Baby%20Guru&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ABaby%20Guru&tag=athewalk-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&field-keywords=Baby%20Guru&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ABaby%20Guru&tag=athewalk0c-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.fr</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-fr.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk0c-21&l=ur2&o=8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=3626&creative=24822&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=Baby%20Guru&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430561600&rh=k%3ABaby%20Guru%2Ci%3Apopular&tag=athewalk04-21" target="_blank">Amazon.es</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-es.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk04-21&l=ur2&o=30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=Baby%20Guru&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3ABaby%20Guru&site-redirect=de&tag=athewalk02-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.de</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-de.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk02-21&l=ur2&o=3" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Cayetano</h3>
DJ, freestyle jazz, trip-hop and all-around atmospheric music composer Cayetano has made a name for himself in European alternative circles after 19 years of music production, endless live shows and more than five albums. Check out his full biography and listen to his music at <a href="https://soundcloud.com/cayetano" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a>. Connect with him on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/CayetanoMusic" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> and get his music at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1634&creative=19450&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562112&rh=n%3A77197031%2Cn%3A78037031%2Ck%3Acayetano&rnid=77925031&tag=athewalk-21" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
Here's a track from the collaboration record "Loopa Scava Meets Cayetano".<br />
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<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&bbn=624868011&camp=1789&creative=390957&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=Cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430561976&rh=n%3A163856011%2Ck%3ACayetano%2Cn%3A!624868011%2Cn%3A624988011&rnid=624868011&tag=athens02-20&linkId=NTZ2TQ6C3GRRWF2A" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1634&creative=19450&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562112&rh=n%3A77197031%2Cn%3A78037031%2Ck%3Acayetano&rnid=77925031&tag=athewalk-21" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.fr/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1642&creative=19458&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562228&rh=n%3A77196031%2Cn%3A211521031%2Ck%3Acayetano&rnid=206442031&tag=athewalk0c-21" target="_blank">Amazon.fr</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-fr.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk0c-21&l=ur2&o=8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=3626&creative=24822&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562324&rh=n%3A599373031%2Cn%3A917386031%2Ck%3Acayetano&rnid=599374031&tag=athewalk04-21" target="_blank">Amazon.es</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-es.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk04-21&l=ur2&o=30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1638&creative=19454&fst=as%3Aoff&keywords=cayetano&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562536&rh=n%3A77195031%2Cn%3A180607031%2Ck%3Acayetano&rnid=180529031&site-redirect=de&tag=athewalk02-21" target="_blank">Amazon.de</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-de.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk02-21&l=ur2&o=3" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Angelika Dusk</h3>
Angelika Dusk is already <a href="http://www.angelikadusk.com/#!about/c1aoj" target="_blank">working her way up in the music industry</a> and opened for Kovacs this week at an Athens concert. Her band's debut album, featuring single "Love on your own terms," was just <a href="http://www.angelikadusk.com/" target="_blank">released on iTunes and Spotify</a>. Also, on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=Angelika%20Dusk&linkCode=ur2&tag=athens02-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=FDTKRCGPEKBUN7H3" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&keywords=angelika%20dusk&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430057829&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3Aangelika%20dusk&tag=athewalk-21" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, and <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&field-keywords=Angelika%20dusk&linkCode=ur2&tag=athewalk0c-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.fr</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-fr.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk0c-21&l=ur2&o=8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />.<br />
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Katerine Duska </h3>
A deep, soulful voice best exemplified in what is already a small local hit:<br />
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Here's her personal page at <a href="http://www.reverbnation.com/katerineduska" target="_blank">ReverbNation</a>.<br />
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&tag=athens02-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=GIZFZ6GTOIBSC36E" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&field-keywords=%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&linkCode=ur2&tag=athewalk-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.es/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=3626&creative=24822&keywords=%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430562713&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&tag=athewalk04-21" target="_blank">Amazon.es</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-es.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk04-21&l=ur2&o=30" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
<a href="http://www.amazon.de/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=0&camp=1638&creative=19454&field-keywords=%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%26%2334%3BKaterine%20Duska%26%2334%3B&site-redirect=de&tag=athewalk02-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.de</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-de.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk02-21&l=ur2&o=3" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />
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Imam Baildi </h3>
Remember that Greek element I talked about above? Imam Baildi give their own modern renditions of old (1950s, '60s) Greek songs in a way that obviously has significant local and international appeal. They were invited to play at the SXSW festival in Austin in 2013 and here's <a href="http://www.slugmag.com/articles/4316/SXSW-2013-Imam-Baildi-International-Day-Stage-0315.html" target="_blank">an article about them in Slug Magazine</a>. Currently on a European and Greek tour (Athens: July 9 at Technopolis, Gazi). Here's their <a href="https://www.facebook.com/imambaildi" target="_blank">Facebook page</a>.<br />
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<a href="https://vimeo.com/111403955">IMAM BAILDI LIVE @ VRAHON THEATRE || ATHENS JULY 14 2014</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/imambaildi">Imam Baildi</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/">Vimeo</a>.<br />
Buy on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=%26%2334%3BImam%20Baildi%26%2334%3B&linkCode=ur2&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3A%26%2334%3BImam%20Baildi%26%2334%3B&tag=athens02-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=HZKAMYHV7LPPUVLE" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
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Keep Shelly in Athens</h3>
A duo whose name is a wordplay on the Athens neighborhood of Kypseli, and often abbreviated as KSiA in international press. Lots of international coverage (right column <a href="http://keepshellyinathens.blogspot.gr/p/shows.html" target="_blank">here</a>) for their airy compositions such as "Fractals".<iframe frameborder="no" height="300" scrolling="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/176208335&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true" width="100%"></iframe><br />
Singer Sarah P. left for new projects in 2014, replaced by a new singer caller Myrtha, featured in the new, 2015 album. Their music can be found on <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&field-keywords=keep%20shelly%20in%20athens&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=keep%20shelly%20in%20athens%2Caps%2C372&tag=athens02-20&url=search-alias%3Daps&linkId=KLE3H4MBY45CSTLN" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=19450&field-keywords=Keep%20shelly%20&linkCode=ur2&sprefix=Keep%20shelly%20%2Caps%2C449&tag=athewalk-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk-21&l=ur2&o=2" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />, <a href="http://www.amazon.fr/mn/search/?_encoding=UTF8&camp=1642&creative=19458&field-keywords=keep%20shelly%20in%20athens&linkCode=ur2&tag=athewalk0c-21&url=search-alias%3Daps" target="_blank">Amazon.fr</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-fr.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athewalk0c-21&l=ur2&o=8" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
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Marsheaux</h3>
<a href="http://www.undorecords.com/Marsheaux.html" target="_blank">Greek electro-pop from a most melodic female duo</a>. Here's their rendition of Billy Idol's "Eyes Without A Face":<br />
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Monika </h3>
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A big local hit 6 years ago, with aid from Calexico in her
debut album "Avatar". Since then, she's moved on to writing music for theater plays and the like and has released two more full length albums. Ironically, even though her success has given a major boost to the local, English-language music scene, she's without much of an international presence yet. Focused in Greece, I think she has a voice and lyricism that
mostly appeals to Greeks, or maybe she just hasn't tried to move on yet. According to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monika_Christodoulou" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> she gave her first N.Y. concert in December 2014. Listen to her songs on <a href="https://myspace.com/monikarides/music/songs" target="_blank">MySpace</a> and see a video in her <a href="http://www.iammonika.com/" target="_blank">official site</a>. </div>
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<b>Nteibint</b></h3>
An unholy, eye-blistering, alternative spelling of "David" but you do need to <a href="http://nteibint.net/" target="_blank">check him out</a> nonetheless. Him being music producer George Bakalakos in real-life. <i>Never Without You</i>, his latest collaboration with Stella (see below) is becoming a 2015 local hit. Nice, 70's retro video as well!<br />
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Prins Obi</h3>
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Prins Obi is a member of the aforementioned Baby Guru who just came out with a solo album, which I like a lot. Read
and <a href="http://inner-ear.gr/catalogue/artist/prins-obi/notions/" target="_blank">listen here</a>. The dreamy,
Beatlesque <i>Weekend Lovers</i> is already becoming a small local hit and
you can listen to it <a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6PFanXi8j1CGKFXMVDQZ98" target="_blank">on Spotify</a>. Here's <a href="http://www.cmj.com/news/listen-prins-obi-love-songs-instant-success-ep/" target="_blank">CMJ's presentation</a> of his first solo EP <i>Love Songs for Instant Success</i>. </div>
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Sillyboy</h3>
Read about Sillyboy and his latest album at <a href="http://klikrecords.bigcartel.com/product/sillyboy-stalker" target="_blank">Klik Records</a> and listen to his rhythmic, groovy <a href="https://youtu.be/CleKiOSZlhI" target="_blank">Stalker, on YouTube</a>. A... rather positive, yet slightly... politically correct review of his LP can be found <a href="https://youtu.be/CleKiOSZlhI" target="_blank">on Planet Stereo</a>.<br />
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Stella </h3>
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Written a<span style="background-color: white;">s <span style="color: orange;">Σtella</span>, </span>if you can read the initial Greek Sigma, she's been around as a second act / collaborator in various music projects but the self-titled Stella is her first solo album. Read <a href="http://www.cmj.com/news/track-premiere-stella-made-attack/" target="_blank">a presentation by CMJ</a> and listen to the single <i>Made to Attack</i>.</div>
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=as_li_ss_tl?_encoding=UTF8&ajr=2&camp=1789&creative=390957&keywords=Stella%20inner%20ear&linkCode=ur2&qid=1430565155&rh=i%3Aaps%2Ck%3AStella%20inner%20ear&tag=athens02-20&linkId=A47222V623KSMGKS" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a><img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="https://ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com/e/ir?t=athens02-20&l=ur2&o=1" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" />,
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Irene Skylakaki</h3>
Two small hits and an album make for a rather promising debut. <i>In the Light</i> was her breakthrough song.<br />
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Sundayman</h3>
His catchy pop tune <i>On the Run</i>, featuring Sarah P, formerly of Keep Shelly in Athens, has been <a href="http://www.undertheradarmag.com/news/premiere_sundayman_on_the_run_featuring_sarah_p/" target="_blank">described as a mini-masterpiece by Under the Radar magazine</a>. Sundayman (in real world Kyriakos Moustakas) has mostly been around as a music producer. His Cutty Sark theme song <i>Now that i found you</i> is another of his tunes that you might have listened to.<br />
Check out all his airy, ambient pop, retro-electronic tunes on SoundCloud:<br />
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-11571360644434615782015-03-15T16:00:00.000+02:002015-03-15T16:54:29.921+02:00Images from the non-touristy side of Athens (pt.2)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here's the second installment of photos from "the non-touristy side of Athens", which will sure find some good company with other posts in AthensWalker (such as <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/2015/02/images-from-non-touristy-side-of-athens.html" target="_blank">part 1, here</a>). Consider it a way of saying goodbye to this tumultuous winter season. All of these photos were shot from a terrace in Gyzi neighborhood during a January evening, as a storm was approaching from the west.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The densely built, residential neighborhood of Gyzi with <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2010/05/lofos-strefi-strefi-hill.html" target="_blank">Strefi Hill</a> in the back and southwest Athens further behind.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The neighborhoods of Gyzi and Neapoli with the Acropolis and the Parthenon lit at dusk</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view from Gyzi / Polygono area to Parko Dikastirion / Pedion Areos / Evelpidon St. with west Athens and Mount Poikilo in the background</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view of apartment blocks at Gyzi with Tourkovounia hills in the background </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view of apartment blocks at Gyzi, Athens </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view of <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2010/05/lofos-strefi-strefi-hill.html" target="_blank">Strefi Hill</a> against the backdrop of southwest Athens; Athens, Greece.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Night view of a street in Gyzi neighborhood, Athens; Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Most people visiting Athens come here during the sunny months of the year and visit the main tourist attractions / archaeological sites for a couple of days before heading off to the islands or some other inland destination. So, they never get to see the side of Athens that locals do and which, for some twisted reason, I seem to prefer, at least photographically. On the other hand, it is true that if I visited Greece during the summer months I'd probably rather spend more time in the countryside or the islands than stay in the often sweltering heat of Athens. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">So, take these next two posts (and a few previous ones) as a public service to those of you who will never get to experience our narrow streets of greyness, the sprawling urban jungle or a cold, windy and rainy day during your Greek vacation. All these photos (9 today and another 9 in the following post) were shot from a terrace in Gyzi neighborhood around dusk, on such a grey, winter evening last January, as a storm was fast approaching from the west. I like the ones towards the end better, but all of them together provide a "picture" of the gradual setting of the light and the coming of darkness which gives the city a much different character.</span></span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-67136637988530159252015-02-15T23:33:00.000+02:002015-02-15T23:34:55.875+02:00A February week in Athens<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">This past week included both of these things, with a cold current from the North covering part of Greece with snow, on Tuesday and Wednesday, only for the weather to gradually get better from Thursday on, making it easy for the City of Athens to stage its usual carnival celebrations at the yards of the Zappeion Megaro in the city center, this noon.</span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow in Athens, Greece, 11 Feb. 2015 - hazy view from Galatsi peripheral road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Snow in Athens, Greece, 11 Feb. 2015 - Galatsi peripheral road</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carnival festivities, Sunday 15 Feb. 2015 - Zappeion Megaron, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Carnival festivities, Sunday 15 Feb. 2015 - Zappeion Megaron, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Helium balloons between the columns of the Zappeion Megaro during the annual carnival festivities, Sunday 15 Feb. 2015 - Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This could be a great idea for a B-movie script (<i>Dinosaurs at the Acropolis!</i>) - Carnival festivities, Sunday 15 Feb. 2015 - Yards of the Zappeio Megaro, Athens, Greece </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stilt walkers among the crowd - Carnival festivities, Sunday 15 Feb. 2015 - Yards of the Zappeio Megaro, Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">It's been a mostly rainy January in Athens this year. Coming back from work the other day, I knew I should be able to snap a few decent pictures of the raging thunderstorm from my balcony. I think they capture the mood of the moment here in Greece (for a good number of us), better than any deep and thoughtful analysis I could write at this point...</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are part of the global service economy and you (or your kids) have never set foot in a </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">manufacturing installation / </span></span>workshop the restored space of the <i>Mentis fiber manufactury</i>, in the neighborhood of Kato Petralona, Athens, offers you the opportunity to do so. Just to be clear, this is no major sight, but it is one of those "weird" little places that I like to introduce you to, and which give you a better, deeper feel of the real character of Athens than the major archaeological sights and monuments. Obviously, this is not the place for you if you'll only be staying in Athens for a couple of days, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">but that's what you have this blog for... I</span></span>f this post raises your curiosity you may combine with a visit at the Pireos St. Annexe of the Benaki Museum which is a very short walk away (400m-5min).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you are walking along the popular Thission area you may divert to Thessalonikis Street, parallel to the tracks of Metro Line 1, and find yourselves in the boring, residential, but totally characteristic of Athens, neighborhood of Kato Petralona. </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><i>Located at 6 Polyfimou St.</i><u>,</u> </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">an alley fairly </span></span>close to Petralona Metro Station (Line 1), Mentis gives you the chance to take a peak at a miniature manufacturing, albeit sanitized, </span></span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">installation, </span></span>and the various knitting / threading machines still quietly humming along.</span></span> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">I leave you from a very cold and rainy Athens with 2 photos of a(n) -almost- full rainbow that I got to shoot from home this noon.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Following my <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2014/11/an-athens-pre-christmas-special-help.html" target="_blank">pre-Christmas charity special</a>, and as a way of saying goodbye to 2014 and to my <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/AthensWalker-blog/232083876806647" target="_blank">loyal followers</a>, today I am posting 14 Athens cityscapes from the previous year. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I am taking some time off from my Athens center walks this week, to present to you something perhaps more "substantial". Greece has been hit from a severe financial crisis in the past few years (no news there) and more people than ever have been left in a situation of need. No matter what you think about the politics behind this situation and of the Greek population's and government's response to it (and I'd have a lot to say myself...) the hard truth is that there are people who are in need. Like in real -no food on the table, no roof over their head- type of need.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Hamogelo tou Paidiou ("The Smile of the Child")</b>: This is a well-established NGO that works in cooperation with state authorities and serves children in need. It provides housing and other forms of support for children that are either neglected or abused, it acts as a center for the "Amber Alert" service for missing children, it provides social services and psychological support for children with serious health problems, it operates a helpline, it provides material support (foodstuff, school supplies, etc.) for families with children. Checking out the <a href="http://www.hamogelo.gr/168.1/Statistika-stoixeia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">statistics in their website (only in Greek)</a> I see that the number of families served has more than doubled from 2009 to 2014. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Go to the bottom of <a href="http://www.hamogelo.gr/46.1/Sthrixte-mas" target="_blank">this page</a> and check out the 4 options they provide for making donations from abroad (via bank deposit (in Greek), via credit card (in Greek), via PayPal, sending a cheque). Also, if you can read their <a href="http://www.hamogelo-eshop.gr/shop/products" target="_blank">E-shop</a> (for the moment only in Greek) they provide a range of options for Christmas gifts that you might want to check out.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Mé</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>dicins du Monde (Doctors of the World) - Greece</b>: It's the Greek affiliate of an international network of medical, humanitarian, non-governmental organizations. They provide health and social services, in Greece and abroad (currently Uganda) including polyclinics in 5 Greek cities, focusing on youth, racist attack victims, immigrants, Roma, poor populations and overall groups that tend to be in higher need than the average population and who may be left out of the official health system.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">If you go <a href="http://www.mdmgreece.gr/en/Polyclinics/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">to this page</a> (in English), you'll see two options to donate in the right hand column, including via PayPal. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"><b>SOS Children's Villages - Greece</b>: Operating in Greece since 1977, they provide abandoned, orphaned and destitute children with a new and permanent home, in a setting that mimics that of a regular family and not an "institution". <a href="http://www.sos-villages.gr/page/english" target="_blank">This page</a> provides a brief description of their actions and philosophy. At the bottom you will find their bank accounts (in Euro and USD) for bank donations, as well as a link for making <a href="http://www.sos-villages.gr/content/help/96-on-line-donation" target="_blank">online donations</a> (via either Credit / Debit Card or PayPal (one time or monthly recurring payment).</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><b>Boroume! (We Can!):</b> It's "a non-profit organisation that fights food waste by organizing the distribution of surplus food for charity throughout Greece." Their <a href="http://www.boroume.gr/en/our-sponsors/" target="_blank">list of sponsors</a> should serve as a guarantee of the quality of their work. You can also help from abroad by <a href="http://www.boroume.gr/en/support-boroume/" target="_blank">making an online donation</a>.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">I'm sure there are many more charities and networks of people doing equally good work, but the organizations above are long standing ones, that have established a solid reputation and where your donations are guaranteed to make a difference in somebody's life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Staying with the Athens city center motif in this post, with pictures from one of the main, narrow streets passing through the maze of the "historic triangle" of Athens with a West-to-East direction. <i>Kolokotroni</i> Street is named after <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theodoros_Kolokotronis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Theodoros Kolokotronis</a>, one of the main heroes of the Greek war of independence of 1821-29, who happened to leave in a house on this street (Kolokotroni St. & Lekka St.) towards the end of his life.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Just like its quasi-parallel "Karageorgi Servias / Perikleous / Athinaidos / Agias Irinis" Street <span style="font-size: x-small;">(see <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2014/09/walking-along-karegeorgi-servias-st.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">previous</a> <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2014/10/walking-along-agias-irinis-st-in-athens.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">posts</a>)</span>, this is a street dominated by textile shops and small eateries. Together with the rest of the "historic triangle" <span style="font-size: x-small;">(see a <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2012/02/map-of-athens-neighborhoods.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">map of Athens neighborhoods here</a>)</span>, it has gone through a relative renaissance in the past 4 years, turning from a dangerous place to pass though after sunset, to somewhat of a nightlife (and daytime) hub. To get a feel of this area see the photos and read the legends below them. Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Walk around Athens for even a few minutes and you are bound to come across a bunch of snack-food places selling <i>tyropita</i>s, a local favorite of a quick grab, often used by Greeks as a breakfast alternative or as something to eat on the go, when rushing from one appointment to the other.<i> Tyropita</i> stands for "cheese pie" but the combinations these 2 little words entail are practically endless. The cheese may be -and usually is- <i>feta</i>, but quite often it is also <i>kasseri</i> (in which case it may be referred to as <i>kasseropita</i>), or <i>anthotyro</i> or some combinations of these or various other cheeses. The surrounding pocket may consist of layers of <i>phyllo</i> dough or "regular" dough and can range from being very oily to dry, with or without sesame on top, and in various degrees of thickness. The majority of these snack places are unfortunately just selling points for food stuff produced in local workshops, that procure to many clients and don't really have a major interest in producing something memorable. Truth be told however, many foreign visitors are thrilled with whatever they can find, since the novelty of the taste and the lack of experience in their taste buds makes up for any shortcomings in craftsmanship.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">The long introduction is to let you know that <b><i>Ariston</i></b>, at 10 Voulis Street, right next to central Syntagma Square is <i>not</i> one these places. Having being around for more than a century, as their entrance sign proudly proclaims, they rightly are one of Athenians' favorite snack food places. Come here on any week day morning / early afternoon and you're bound to find a number of locals grabbing their favorite pie on the way to some place else. Their dough is a really tasty, non-oily type, that can accommodate a large variety of combinations for fillings. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">During times of religious fasting, their offerings include delicious pies with shrimps or vegetables, which are permitted or tolerated by the Greek Orthodox fasting tradition. You may also find pies you won't get to see anywhere else in Athens, such as ones with burgers, sausages, bacon, chicken, sweet red peppers etc, all of them produced on site and not in some anonymous workshop miles away. </span></span></div>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-89501796118917130342014-10-15T03:30:00.000+03:002014-10-15T03:30:01.113+03:00Walking along Agias Irinis St., in Athens city center<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Following the <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.com/2014/09/walking-along-karegeorgi-servias-st.html" target="_blank">previous post on Perikleous / Karagiorgi Servias St.</a>, here are some more pics from the same street as it changes name, first to "Athinaidos" and then to "Agias Irinis" (don't ask me why...).</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This must have been an architectural eye candy, before turning into an eye-shore </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Looking back at Athinaidos, at the corner with Kalamiotou St., Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8 Athinaidos St. - Kids formal wear, </span><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">tagging and </span>graffiti ("S**t to Fascists!" reads the slogan), in a surreal ensemble! </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Church of Agia Irini, the first Athens Cathedral two centuries ago, at Agias Irinis Sq.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Pigeons at the awning of derelict shop - Athinaidos St., across Agias Irinis Sq., Athens </span></td></tr>
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AthensWalkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15543803100067989505noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5389443809937040190.post-51837869575573951042014-09-30T23:30:00.000+03:002014-10-03T00:53:47.733+03:00Walking along Karageorgi Servias St. / Perikleous St.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Mopeds parked in front of the National Bank of Greece building, 4 Karagiorgi Servias St., with a sit-in protest behind them; the Greek Ministry of Finance is housed in buildings around Syntagma Square...</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The minor but always busy intersection of Karagiorgi Servias & Voulis St., Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">20 Karagiorgi Servias St. & Lekka St., looking towards Lekka St., Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Shop window with colorful beads at Karagiorgi Servias St., Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">At some point, the street name changes to Perikleous St. (named after ancient Athenian general and leader Pericles) and then later to Agias Irinis (St. Irene, named after a local church), but its character remains just the same: Small shops, mostly old ones going back several generations and related to textiles and fabrics, together with some pastry shops, souvenir shops and ...closed shops! </span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Corner of Perikleous St. and Thisseos (pedestrian) Street, Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">A neoclassical mansion, at the corner of 52 Perikleous and Thisseos (pedestrian) St.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Thisseos pedestrian alley, from the corner with PerikleousSt.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">During this walk, I realized that the small textile shops in this area had
probably sprung up at some point in the past, with the aim to "feed" the
main fashion / retail clothing shops located in the central and very expensive
Ermou Street, which runs parallel to Karagiorgi Servias / Perikleous /
Agias Irinis. Of course, in the old days people used to mend their own clothes, and knit and weave and do all these things that sound so distant to us these days. So, these "marginal", specialized, "feeding" shops probably catered to retail commerce as well. Much more than today anyways.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Store selling textiles, at Perikleous St., Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Fabric rolls, close-up; Perikleous St., Athens</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Still in Perikleous St., Athens, have no doubt.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">58 Perikleous St., in case you missed it. Still more textiles and motorbikes!</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">After this point, the street name changes to Agias Irinis. Wait for the next installment of pictures in a couple of weeks. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Following my previous post on the <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2014/08/light-installations-and-urban-planning.html" target="_blank">Merchants' Arcade light installation</a>, here is another work sample of the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/beforelight/159552673059" target="_blank">"BeforeLight"</a> group, this time in collaboration with the "<a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Imagine-The-City/103749233023217" target="_blank">Imagine the City</a>" group. I find this one to be much more successful, from a planning / effectiveness point of view, and even more stunning, both visually and as a concept.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Light installation at Pittaki St., Psirri neighbourhood, Athens, Greece</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">It is located in <i><a href="http://psirri.gr/english/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Psirri</a> </i>neighborhood. <i>Psirri</i> was Athens' major entertainment hub in the 1990's / early 2000s. It took a downward trajectory at the end of that decade due to some safety problems, but has since made a relative comeback. It's no longer "the place to be", but it's an interesting area to go out for a calm, easy-going night out, such as a dinner or a drink, and it's very close (i.e. a few minutes walk) to <i>Monastiraki</i> and <a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/search/label/Athens%20neighborhoods%3A%20Thission" target="_blank"><i>Thission</i></a> which are more popular with locals and tourists these days.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This installation has been around since the summer of 2013. A number of old, used, lighting fixtures were hang on top of a narrow, dark alley, that nonetheless was fairly central, connecting the main Ermou St. with the inner part of Psirri. A new street was essentially born this way; one that had been hanging around dark and silent, like a Zombie, now brought to life in a most beautiful way.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even someone ignorant to the intricacies of the art scene -an observant one at least, like myself- can tell that there's been a real renaissance of the arts in Athens and Greece in these past few years. You can see it in the new <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/film/2011/aug/27/attenberg-dogtooth-greece-cinema" target="_blank">Greek cinema</a>, with its <a href="http://www.indiewire.com/article/why-greek-cinema-is-invading-ireland" target="_blank">quirky</a> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/list/ls056619100/?licb=0.5989149202876944" target="_blank">films</a>, but also in myriads of events / happenings / performances / installations popping up, for a few days or longer in all kinds of places.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">A light installation, constructed by the "BeforeLight" group and promoted by the City of Athens, as part of a wider urban renewal project, was put in place in an abandoned, central Athens arcade this summer. Consisting of a series of old neon signs of shops no longer in business, the installation really makes for some urban eye candy and also has the necessary "Greek crisis" element that gives it bonus points for depth and sensitivity, I guess. They've done some more successful projects that this one no doubt.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">8-10 Voulis St. The entrance of <i>Stoa Emporon</i> ("Merchants' Arcade")</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">"<a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/2014/10/ariston-snack-food-tradition-in-center.html" target="_blank"><i>Ariston</i></a>", an historic snack-food place is located next to the arcade entrance, still operating in full swing!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The installation is certainly visually pleasing, and it even draws you to enter the now practically abandoned arcade, only meters from Athens central Syntagma Square. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">However, art alone can be no substitute for planning. The presence of many closed shops around, together with tagged walls, lack of cleanliness and a seemingly eternally "under-construction" building next door, make the area a bit of an eye-shore, despite the large numbers of passers-by during the day. The presence of a homeless man (?) / drug addict (?) at the inner steps of a building inside the arcade was enough to keep me at bay.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Benaki Museum is one of the most central and historic museums in Athens; the first private foundation of its kind, whose operation started in 1930 in what is its current "central building", on Vasilissis Sofias Avenue. Every time I think of the central building, the words of a knowledgeable English acquaintance come to mind: "It's nice but it's a private collection; not a Museum!". I can't be the judge of this aphorism but what I can tell you for sure is that it has managed to garner the respect of most art lovers and private collectors in Greece, who often choose to make donations to the museum, thus expanding its reach. Recently it has embarked on a networking mission, with famous museums around the world. There are currently 8 different buildings, in various Athens locations, housing different types of collections. This post is from a recent visit in the central building (<i>1 Koumpari St. & Vasilissis Sofias Ave.</i>), which houses a collection of artifacts covering the whole range of Greek history, from pre-historic times to modern day Greece. The accompanying legends under each showcase are in Greek and English.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The neoclassical mansion housing the Benaki Museum, at Leoforos Vassilissis Sofias & 1 Koumbari St., Athens, Greece</td></tr>
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<span style="font-size: normal;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The temporary exhibition currently on display (till 31 August 2014) is <i>"Tobacco: 101 notes on oriental tobacco"</i> and presents the story of the tobacco cultivation and trade in Greece in the last two centuries with various interesting posters and exhibits, even for an avid non-smoker like myself. Many a Greek poems have been written on cigarette packs, and the ones below belonged to famous poet Yiannis Ritsos.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: normal;">Last but not least, you may search the archives of the Benaki Museum -paintings included- through this <a href="http://www.benaki.gr/eMP-Collection/eMuseumPlus?service=direct/1/SearchPage/border.moduleFunctionBar.moduleFunctionLink.link&sp=10&sp=Scollection&sp=SfieldValue&sp=0&sp=4&sp=1&sp=SdetailList&sp=0&sp=Sdetail&sp=0&sp=F&sp=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">handy search page</a>, even after your visit. For opening hours and more practical info check out my "<a href="http://athenswalker.blogspot.gr/p/athens-museums.html" target="_blank">Athens Museums</a>" page.</span></span></div>
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