Road training

When trains go astray in the highway. This one almost hit the bridge that was supposed to slip under. I was lucky enough to pass by at the right moment :-)

Olympic fixer

I took this photo during a visit to Olympic Airlines tech base. It makes me think of all the people who take care of us while we 're up there having the time of our lives.

Where was this photo taken?

The same airplane in airliners.net

Now and then

Behind the construction equipment of the new Acropolis museum, lies this building that used to be the first military hospital in Athens, erected in 1834. 

Some artist depicted it while it was brand new.

(See the two buildings in Wikimapia)

Air plant

You would think that it was planted and grown right there. :-)

Has the rain stopped yet?

Too much rain last week in Athens. Now dry.

Inter-dead

You 've probably heard many stories about people who spent their entire lives in internet cafes, like this for example. The first sign show what happens to a gamer when he spends too much time online.

The second one show what happens to an internet cafe when it's out of business.

Athenian horses and Polish bisons

Remember the horse from an old, last year's post? Kjola, the daily photoblogger from Katowice, Poland, found a bison in her own hometown! Here is the photo and here is her blog.

Syros island, door and flowers

Just a summer reminder...

Fierce animals revisited 2

It's been a while since I posted some dangerous and blood-thirsty animals so here they are. 

Chase the moon

Of men and hands

When the same gesture, for completely different men, means the same thing. "Lets go!". Humans always used the same body language, either the humble Greek sailor or the ruthless Korean dictator.
(Uknown Sailor, Andros, Greece. Second photo Kim Il Sung, taken from www.anamnesis.fl.ulaval.ca)

Returning to Athens

After a short break, the blog is back in business. 

Jump the park

In Sintagma square, just opposite the Parliament, the flying skaters are practicing their magic tricks.
No skater was hurt during this shooting :-)

Athens and New York are getting closer

The first photo is in New York Metro and was taken by my friend Nikos (here is the post in his own blog). I took the second one in Athens. Both are promoting the new Continental Airlines Athens-New York route.

It's exciting to look how the same thing is promoted in both sides of the trip.

...and I 've been drinking like a dog

Tongue work in Syntagma Square

Summer blues

Another door to the sea

After this door in Santorini here is another one in Syros.

Cruiser "Averof"

Georgios Averof is a Greek warship which served as the flagship of the Royal Hellenic Navy during most of the first half of the 20th Century. It is an armored cruiser and the only such ship still in existence.

Launced in 1910, it served during WWI and WW2 and was decomissioned in 1952.

Today serves as a museum and is docked in Faliron.
In Wikimapia
A photographic tour
Naval Museum
Detailed history of the ship

Doorway

The official entrance to former Syggros estate (see previous post here).

Big Fish

A rather unlucky yellow fin tuna.

White on black

In Kamari, Santorini, the beach is full of black pebbles, probably because of the volcanic nature of the whole island. I took this photo in late afternoon, just after sunset.

Door to sea

What a letterbox!

In Santorini.

Summer moments: Blue and sand

High noon

Andros town under the sun. The balcony on the front is from a mansion built on the rock. On the middle a little church, the "Virgin of the Sea". The ever-present wind was calm that day.
Andros island

E la nave va

Early in the morning, minutes before we sail for the Aegean...

Syntagma protest: Silence and mourning

From the blog of my good friend Nikos
Something is changing - and these viral campaigns of disgust for what happened are gaining momentum.
Thousands gather again in Constitution square to protest about the fires and the non-existent government coordination.

Raging Fire

Five days now, Greece is being burnt by huge wildfires. In Ancient Olympia the flames reached the first ever Olympic Stadium.
Fighting the flames..
Western Peloponnese, most of the victims were caught here by the fire.
In Google News

Note: These photos are not mine, they are collected from various news sites.

Paradise Lost

It's a moment of great grief, with hundreds of wildfires raging all over southern Greece. In some years from now, it will be impossible to find places like this.
2007 Greek Forest Fires (Wikipedia)
BBC Coverage

In Santorini...

Every day, during the sunset, thousands of tourists take position to view and take photos.


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